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The origin of perspective

Hubert Damisch ; translated by John Goodman

MIT Press, 1995, c1994

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L'origine de la perspective

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Originally published: Paris : Flammarion , 1987

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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  • NCID
    BA26073670
  • ISBN
    • 0262540770
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 477 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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