The Origin of Perspective |
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| Author:
| Damisch, Hubert |
| Translator:
| Goodman, John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-262-54077-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1995 |
| Publisher: | MIT Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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In part an answer to Panofsky's Perspective as Symbolic Form, this book applies a structuralist method to Western art. It examines whether perspective evolved as an approximation to normal perception or whether it was a symbolic form, one wary of discoursing about space.
In part an answer to Panofsky's Perspective as Symbolic Form, this book applies a structuralist method to Western art. It examines whether perspective evolved as an approximation to normal perception or whether it was a symbolic form, one wary of discoursing about space.