Further developments in central perspective

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Perspective as a Geometric Tool that Launched the Renaissance, by Christopher W. Tyler (2000)

Pompeiian mural of the pageant of Orestes (2nd century AD)

Fresco, Pompeji

Fresco, Pompeji

Perspectival techniques to portray the spatial situation of a scene were already known to the ancient Romans. Wall frescos from Pompeji extended the real space into a painted illusionistic space. This knowledge though was not developed further in the following centuries.

The Concept of Space in Twentieth Century Art, by Christopher W. Tyler and Amy Ione