Perspective

After watching Perspective, answer the following questions in a posting to this discussion topic.

How was perspective (re)discovered? Who experimented with it?
How did Early Renaissance artists use perspective?
Describe a work of art that relies upon perspective.

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Films on Demand > Search for the video “Perspective” from the series “Oil on Canvas.”

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Perspective in art refers to the ability of the artist to signify an accurate depiction of objects from a particular vantage point in a two-dimensional surface so that their relative height, width and position to one another portray depth (McKinley). Perspective was discovered by Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi in the painting of the Baptistery in Florence from the front gate of the unfinished cathedral in 1415 (Oil and Canvas).

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