Panofsky explores how historical cultures shape the possibilities of seeing and artistic representation, while Foucault investigates the conditions under which knowledge and discourse become possible.
A study of Panofsky’s critique of Wölfflin and the argument that visual form cannot be separated completely from historical meaning, cultural structure, and modes of perception.
A study of how Wölfflin’s history of vision develops into Panofsky’s theory of historically conditioned perception, representation, symbolic form, and visual meaning.
