Linear Perspective

Linear Perspective is a artistic style for representing three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional plane. It first came about in the Italian Renaissance in the 1400s1. The pioneer to take on the challenge was the artist Filippo Brunelleschi. Despite his best efforts, he was unsuccessful of fully depicting the Linear Perspective style. Linear Perspective ideas continued to be advanced and used by Renaissance artists, notably Piero Della Francesca. The art was fully realized with the publication of the book 'On Painting' by Leon Battista Alberti in 1436.
The earliest known example was The Ghiberti-Brunelleschi competition for the baptistery doors in 1401. This brought much frustration to him and was considered a failure. He then set his sites on other projects.
The Cathedral in Florence, shown below, was also one of his first attempts in the art of linear perspective. Using mathematics and mechanics. it took him ...