On the basis of critically inheriting Panofsky’s perspective theory, Damisch developed perspective into a visual paradigm by resorting to structuralism, psychoanalysis and phenomenology, and then reconstructed the perspective theory at the levels of embryology and thought history. As a visual regime, perspective itself becomes a kind of visual syntax, which affects the construction of viewing activities and viewing relations. Its value is reflected in the production of meaning. As a kind of production at the level of thought history, perspective becomes a "theoretical object" which needs to be expounded constantly, thus constructing the history about perspective. Undoubtedly, Damisch pushed the perspective theory from the field of art history to a broader level of visual interpretation, which is of great enlightening significance for relocating perspective in art history and visual production.