Perspective as Symbolic Form Erwin Panofsky ZONE BOOKS » NEW YORK 1997(© 1991 Urzone Ie 1226 Prospect Avenue Brooklyn, NY 1018 Al eights reserved, Fire Paperbck Bion ih Printing 2009 [No par of ths Book may be reproduced, stored ina fetrieval system, or tenamitted in ny form or by any ‘means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopy ng, microfilming, recording or otherite (except for that copying permitted by Sections to7 and 108 of the US. Copyright Lay and except by reviewers for {he public pres) without written permission from he Publish “The Publicher woud lke to acknowledge DitkObbink for translating the Latin and Greek passages and rane iterating certain Greok phrases and also Riccardo Di Giuseppe for wanslating the Lali passages in note 68 Originally published a "Die Perspetive as symbo- Tisch Fore,” inthe Forzage dr Bibliothek Warburg tyngeagas (Leipig & Berlin. 1927), pp. 258-330. Printed inthe United Sates of Americ Distributed by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Masschusets, and London, England Library of Congress Cataloging in-Publiation Data Panofiky Ervin, 892-1968 [Perspektive al symboische Form. English) Perspective a symbolic form/ Erwin Panofky. pom. ‘Translation of Die Perspekive als aymbolische Form. Includes bibliographies! references ssn 9780-942299-533 (pbk) 2. Perspective. Title Ne7S0.22313 1991 yor" 82-20 sit0n6Contents Introduction 7 Section | 27 Section Il 37 Section IIL «7 Section IV 67 Notes 73 Plates 199