Theorist

James S. Ackerman

1919–2016 American art and architectural history

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Representation Type Knowledge

Details

Nationality: American

Connections

proposed The section as analytic instrument
authored Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts
collaborated with Wolfgang Lotz
associated with Oblique Drawing: A History of Anti-Perspective

Sources

James S. Ackerman. Origins, Imitation, Conventions: Representation in the Visual Arts. MIT Press, 2002.
James S. Ackerman. Palladio. Penguin Books (Pelican History of Art), 1966.
in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 17 of 18

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "James S. Ackerman." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/james-ackerman/. Accessed September 1, 2026.