Oblique Drawing
A History of Anti-Perspective
- Paperback
408 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2015
Summary
A challenge to the hegemony of perspective- investigations into other forms of representation used by different cultures over the last two thousand years.For more than half a century, Erwin Panofsky’s Perspective as Symbolic Form has dominated studies of visual representation. Despite the hegemony of central projection, or perspective, other equally important methods of representation have much to tell us. Parallel projection can be found on classical Greek vases, in Pompeiian frescoes, in By…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262527613 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262527618 |
| Author: | Massimo Scolari, James S. Ackerman, Jenny Condie Palandri |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2015 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Writing Architecture |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
…[A]n excellent resource for artists, architects, and historians. And, finally, what Oblique Perspective does achieve is to underscore the need for a more comprehensive study, or perhaps even many studies.
—Nancy Goldring, Architect’s NewspaperAn erudite and excellently illustrated book.
—Arquitectura VivaAbout The Author
Massimo Scolari
Massimo Scolari is a prominent architectural historian. He is also an editor, designer, artist, and pilot. He has taught at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV), Cornell University, Cooper Union, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS), Technische Universit t Vienna, Harvard University, and Yale University.James S. Ackerman, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus at Harvard University, is the author of books on Michelangelo’s architecture, Palladio, and the villa. He is the winner of the Balzan Prize 2001 in the category of history of architecture, which includes town planning and landscape design presented by the International Balzan Foundation.
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