...Dana Polan Copyright © 1991 by The Johns Hopkins University Press 1990 Idtes et Recherches- Hammarion History in Perspective, Perspective in History A Commentary on L‘Origine de la perspective by Hubert Damisch Dana Polan Part of what is so intriguing about Hubert...

... is this other watching us from a position of uncanny proximity and irreducible alterity? In his seminal work on perspec- tive, Hubert Damisch claims that “the vanishing point . . . func- tioned, within the limits of the painting . . . as the semblance of an eye,” 21 that is, as the equivalent...

... by Hubert Damisch. No. 24; pp. 89-97. History in the Battle of Voices. (Review of Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method by Carlo Ginzberg.) No. 22; pp. 131-137. Preschl, Claudia 185 Response to Questionnaire on “The...