The Origin of Perspective by Damisch, Hubert - 8/4/1995 12:00:01 AM

MIT Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

MIT Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1994. Paperback. Tiny owner owner surname to front free enepaper top outer corner edge; very minor soiling to edges; else overall fine to near fine(+) thus. Small damp stain to bottom outer edge; esle overall very tight and clean. See photos.. Quarto in creme, color illus wraps; xxiv, 477 pages: illustrations; 28 cm bibliographical references and index. "In part a response to Panofsky's Perspective as Symbolic Form, The Origin of Perspective is much more. In France it is considered one of the most important works of art history to have appeared in the last twenty years. With the exception of Michel Foucault's analysis of Las Meninas, it is perhaps the first time a structuralist method such as the one developed by Claude Levi-Strauss in The Way of the Masks has been thoroughly and convincingly applied to Western art. The task Damisch has set for himself is to refute both the positivist critics, whose approach makes up the bulk of perspective studies and is based on a… Read More

MIT Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First English Language Edition. 175mm x 250mm. Light wear to covers. Spine not creased. Internally clean. 504pp In part a response to Panofsky's Perspective as Symbolic Form, The Origin of Perspective is much more. In France it is considered one of the most important works of art history to have appeared in the last twenty years. With the exception of Michel Foucault's analysis of Las Meninas, it is perhaps the first time a structuralist method such as the one developed by Claude Le¶©-Strauss in The Way of the Masks has been thoroughly and convincingly applied to Western art. The task Damisch has set for himself is to refute both the positivist critics, whose approach makes up the bulk of perspective studies and is based on a complete repression of Panofsky's early work, and the current pseudo-avant-gardist position (whether in the field of cinema studies or in literary criticism), which tends to disregard facts and theoretical… Read More

Very Good. The MIT Press, 1995. Softcover. 7 x 10”. 477 pp. Very good. Minor shelf wear. The interior appears unmarked. The binding is solid.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

The MIT Press, 1995-08-04. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!