Practice question · Numerical answer
How many levels does Panofsky's method distinguish?
Hints
- Description, analysis, interpretation.
- Three.
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3
Why
Three, each with its own object, its own required knowledge and its own corrective. The correctives are the part most often dropped in summaries, and they are what stop the third level from becoming unconstrained.
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