Pensando a Perspectiva Linear Para Além da Narrativa Eurocêntrica

Abstract

The article questions the most widespread narrative about the development of linear perspective as a representational method. Erwin Panofsky’s famous essay on Perspective is opposed to the theses of Hans Belting and George Saliba, who believe that the influence of Arab science and culture was essential for the Italian Renaissance.

Belting seeks to prove that the mathematical principles of a culture, in this case the particularity of Arabic optics, can be reinterpreted in another culture in order to generate something unheard of for both, exemplifying by the mathematization of space and light rays implicit in linear perspective. The article defends the importance of combining studies of History and Theory of Art with the History of Science.

Key-Words: Linear perspective; Optics; Science History; Art History.