Work

The Origin of Perspective (L'Origine de la perspective)

1987

Structuralist reading of Brunelleschi's mirror experiment and the three quattrocento città ideale panels; major French response to and extension of Panofsky.

Representation Sign Knowledge

Details

Type: Text
Location: Paris (Flammarion); English translation by John Goodman, MIT Press 1994

Connections

articulates Perspective as symbolic form
critiqued Perspective as Symbolic Form (Die Perspektive als 'symbolische Form')

Referenced by

Hubert Damisch authored

Sources

Hubert Damisch. The Origin of Perspective. MIT Press, 1994.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "The Origin of Perspective (L'Origine de la perspective)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-origin-of-perspective/. Accessed July 17, 2026.