Introduction
Perspective is a technique that allows us to represent three-dimensional objects on a flat surface or plane. In art there are a number of ways to use perspective in order to obtain the illusion of depth, including using color and graduated values of black and white and accurately drawing the subject by applying the rules of the geometric system of perspective.
Linear perspective is thought to have evolved from the early architectural drawings of Filippo Brunelleschi and Leone Battista Alberti in Florence, Italy, in the early 1400s. Brunelleschi drew two panels that were pictorial views of Florence in perspective. These panels made an important impact on architecture and fine art—unfortunately, the two original panels were lost. ...
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