Work

Oblique Drawing: A History of Anti-Perspective

2012

Translated by Jenny Condie Palandri from Disegno obliquo (Marsilio, 2005), with an introduction by James S. Ackerman. Two-millennium counter-history of parallel projection from Greek vases and Pompeii through Chinese handscroll painting to Lissitzky.

Representation Sign Cosmos

Details

Type: Text
Location: Cambridge, MA (MIT Press, Writing Architecture series)

Connections

articulates Anti-perspective: the oblique/parallel-projective worldview
opposes Perspective as Symbolic Form (Die Perspektive als 'symbolische Form')

Referenced by

James S. Ackerman associated with
Massimo Scolari authored
Metamorphosis of Axonometry preceded

Sources

Massimo Scolari. Oblique Drawing: A History of Anti-Perspective. MIT Press, 2012.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Oblique Drawing: A History of Anti-Perspective." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-oblique-drawing/. Accessed July 17, 2026.