Varieties of realism : geometries of representational art / Margaret A. Hagen.

Varieties of Realism argues that it is not possible to represent the layout of objects and surfaces in space outside the dictates of formal visual geometry, the geometry of natural perspective. The book examines most of the world's coherent representational art styles, both in terms of the geom...

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Main Author: Hagen, Margaret A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Series:Cambridge paperback library.
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