The Architect of Uniformity Glogau, 1857. A young boy watches his father, August Knötel, teach the fundamentals of drawing and painting. This early immersion in the mechanics of art shapes a mind that would eventually look past the face of the soldier to the very fabric covering them. By his late adolescence, the focus shifts from the canvas to the precision of the line, finding work as an illustrator for the Illustrierte Zeitung. He m…