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  2. Renaissance art - Wikipedia

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    Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 [1]) is the painting, ... True linear perspective was formalized later, by Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti. In addition ...

  3. Perspective (graphical) - Wikipedia

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    Linear or point-projection perspective (from Latin perspicere 'to see through') is one of two types of graphical projection perspective in the graphic arts; the other is parallel projection. [citation needed] [dubious – discuss] Linear perspective is an approximate representation, generally on a flat surface, of an image as it is seen by the eye.

  4. Themes in Italian Renaissance painting - Wikipedia

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    Primarily through the depiction of architecture, Renaissance artists were able to practice the art of three-dimensional illusion using linear perspective, which gave their works a greater sense of depth. [3] The pictures in the gallery below show the development of linear perspective in buildings and cityscapes.

  5. The Battle of San Romano - Wikipedia

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    This illusion of a backdrop and a perspective theme resembling a stage, depicts the war as a theatrical ceremony. [5] The three paintings were designed to be hung high on three different walls of a room, and the perspective designed with that height in mind, which accounts for many apparent anomalies in the perspective when seen in photos or at ...

  6. Italian Renaissance painting - Wikipedia

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    The High Renaissance of painting was the culmination of the varied means of expression [27] and various advances in painting technique, such as linear perspective, [28] the realistic depiction of both physical [29] and psychological features, [30] and the manipulation of light and darkness, including tone contrast, sfumato (softening the ...

  7. Light in painting - Wikipedia

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    Linear perspective emerged as a new method of composition and light became more naturalistic, with an empirical study of physical reality. Renaissance culture meant a return to rationalism, the study of nature, empirical research, with a special influence of classical Greco-Roman philosophy.

  8. Holy Trinity (Masaccio) - Wikipedia

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    The fresco is located along the middle of the basilica's left aisle. Although the configuration of this space has changed since the artwork was created, there are clear indications that the fresco was aligned very precisely in relationship with the sight-lines and perspective arrangement of the room at the time; particularly a former entrance-way facing the painting; in order to enhance the ...

  9. Paolo Uccello - Wikipedia

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    Paolo Uccello (/ uː ˈ tʃ ɛ l oʊ / oo-CHEL-oh, Italian: [ˈpaːolo utˈtʃɛllo]; 1397 – 10 December 1475), born Paolo di Dono, was an Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician from Florence who was notable for his pioneering work on visual perspective in art.