Linear Perspective (noun)
A technique for creating an illusion of three-dimensional space in two-dimensional artwork that was invented by Filippo Brunelleschi during the early Italian Renaissance. In a work of art that uses this system to create space, all straight lines that recede in space converge at a vanishing point on a horizon line.
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Masaccio, Holy Trinity, c. 1427, fresco, 21’8½” x 10’4”, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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Massacio, Holy Trinity, c. 1427, fresco, 21’8½” x 10’4”, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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Diagram of the linear perspective in Massacio, Holy Trinity, c. 1427, fresco, 21’8½” x 10’4”, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
