History of Perspective drawing Perspective is the art in which three-dimensional space can be portrayed on a two-dimensional surface. It is based on elementary laws of optics, in which distant objects appear smaller and less distinct than near objects. There are two kinds of perspectives. ...

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This book 'Della Pittura' presented the use of perspective in a mathematical sense and laid the foundation for further developments of both the theoretical and the practical aspects of perspective. ...

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