Picturing space, displacing bodies :

Massey, Lyle, 1961-

Picturing space, displacing bodies : anamorphosis in early modern theories of perspective / Lyle Massey. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2007. - xii, 175 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-168) and index.

Corporealizing the infinite -- Descartes's point of view -- Straightening out anamorphosis -- The body and its devices -- Conclusion : perspective split in two.

9780271029801 (hdbk. : alk. paper) 0271029803

2007000227


Anamorphosis (Visual perception)
Perspective--History.

N7430.5 / .M37 2007

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