The Birth of Saint John the Baptist: Predella Panel 1454
Giovanni di Paolo (1403–1482)
The National Gallery, London
Linear perspective allows artists to create three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface. It is believed to have been discovered in the early 1400s by Italian architect Filippo Brunelleschi, whose experiments based on careful mathematical calculations led to a revolution in artistic style. Many Renaissance artists strove for an accurate realism in their work and linear perspective enabled them to depict spatial reality in more naturalistic ways.
