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Picturing space, displacing bodies : anamorphosis in early modern theories of perspective
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Picturing space, displacing bodies : anamorphosis in early modern theories of perspective

Author: Lyle Massey
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Argues that we can only learn how and why certain kinds of spatial representation prevailed over others by carefully considering how Renaissance artists and theorists interpreted perspective. This  Read more...

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Massey, Lyle, 1961-
Picturing space, displacing bodies.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2007
(OCoLC)608347648
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lyle Massey
ISBN: 9780271029801 0271029803
OCLC Number: 80916825
Description: xii, 175 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents: Corporealizing the infinite --
Descartes's point of view --
Straightening out anamorphosis --
The body and its devices --
Conclusion : perspective split in two.
Responsibility: Lyle Massey.
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