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Tram12
02-22-2010, 02:23 PM
Not sure if this was posted already . . . took 4 days for my account to be verified; airport security takes less time!

Anyway, on the wall when Pseudo-Locke is showing Sawyer the names in the cave, there is an outline of the Vetruvian Man which is faded, but definitely existing at one point. Does anyone think there is significance to this and if so, what might that be?
Here'sLOCKEing at you,Kid
02-22-2010, 02:49 PM
What's a Vetruvian man? :confused:
bunnydixon
02-22-2010, 03:08 PM
i'd need to go back and watch over.
lost-a-lot
02-22-2010, 03:24 PM
Cool! Can you provide a screencap, or pinpoint where/when it is?
Tram12
02-22-2010, 04:15 PM
I don't know how to do a screencap, but you see it after Pseudo-Locke and Sawyer climb down into the cave. They discuss the rocks on the scale and then Sawyer asks: "Is this why you brought me down here, to show me a bunch of rocks on a scale?" Pseudo-Locke replies, "No, this is why I brought you here . . . ". The screen pans away from them and first onto the wall (which is where the faded Vetruvian man can be seen) and then onto the names that are mostly crossed off.

Knowing the writers/creators, they don't do anything without purpose, especially something as significant as a Vetruvian Man. I don't know too much about it, other than what I read in the Da Vinci Code. Any theories?
notsolost42
02-22-2010, 04:28 PM
It's not from the da Vinci Code, it was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci and is quite famous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man

It is symbolic of the geometrically proportioned perfect man as interpreted by da Vinci.
Here'sLOCKEing at you,Kid
02-22-2010, 04:37 PM
It's not from the da Vinci Code, it was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci and is quite famous.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man

It is symbolic of the geometrically proportioned perfect man as interpreted by da Vinci.

That's what that is?? HA!! Oh, I am quite familiar with that then!
In PT, we refer to this as anatomical position. LOL
notsolost42
02-22-2010, 05:05 PM
That's what that is?? HA!! Oh, I am quite familiar with that then!
In PT, we refer to this as anatomical position. LOL

Yep, that's all it is! And yes, I think I have heard of it referred to as that. It's because it is the man perfectly proportioned and perfectly positioned.
LissaMarie
02-22-2010, 05:26 PM
That's interesting and I would love to see a screencap! Thanks and welcome, Tram!

Maybe DaVinci was miffed that Michaelangelo got the Sistine Chapel gig so he decided to doodle on some cave walls? :confused:
Tram12
02-23-2010, 04:33 AM
I understand that the Da Vinci Code is not the original origin of the Vetruvian Man. I just figured a lot of people, including myself, learned a bit about this drawing and its significance when it was explained and used in the book.

As for its significance to the episode, that remains to be seen. But, knowing the creators and listening to interviews, EVERYTHING on this show is very calculated and planned. I would expect to see this manifest itself in the episodes to come over the following weeks . . .
Nemesis Prime
02-23-2010, 04:41 AM
That would make sense that it would be there then as Jacob was basically looking for a 'perfect man' to take over for him.
Jelena
02-23-2010, 04:53 AM
I think tptb put a lot of stuff in Lost that they find cool, but they don't necessarily have any deeper meaning. Here, you can draw the meaning if you want to - like, the Vitruvian man represents perfect balance, and yadda, yadda, yadda, all that stuff that you can read about if you follow Notso's link - and then you have the stones on the scale also representing balance.

My job is done here, thank you very much. :D
bunnydixon
02-23-2010, 05:39 AM
i agree - sometimes they put stuff in as they know we will go crazy over it :D
krakup
02-23-2010, 05:59 AM
i agree - sometimes they put stuff in as they know we will go crazy over it :D

i watched but i don't know how to make screen caps, must learn one of these days. it's a good catch but blink and you miss it. really just the shape i wouldn't say exact representation
LissaMarie
02-23-2010, 06:18 AM
I thought it looked like a stick figure, not a DiVinci. :o
InTheBeginning
02-23-2010, 06:32 AM
Don't have time to read the entire article....but...

there once was a man named Vitruvius. The Vitruvian man was named after him when Da Vinci read a passage from one of Vitruvius' works regarding human proportions and geometry. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio was a military engineer and architect among other things...hmmmm (think Roman technology/aqueducts etc...)

Vitruvius wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius)