The Florentines attribute this invention to Brunelleschi.
Brunelleschi was not only the inventor of perspective, but also the founder of Renaissance architecture.
His most famous achievement was the construction of the great dome of Florence Cathedral, a feat of engineering genius.
Placing such a huge dome between widely spaced columns was something no other artist would dare to dream of.
Brunelleschi used his knowledge of Gothic arching methods to design a new structure that accomplished this task brilliantly.
Prior to this, artists had used various means to hint at the distance between objects in paintings, but they had not developed a perspective system that could be defined scientifically.
It is said that Brunelleschi painted two paintings to illustrate his perspective system.
Using his system, we can draw the real boulevard view we see through the window: the trees on both sides of the boulevard recede in parallel lines into the distance, and finally disappear on the horizon.
Brunelleschi's paintings have been lost. His friend Alberti briefly described the rational principles of perspective in "On Painting".
Brunelleschi’s discovery caused a great sensation, and its impact on contemporary and subsequent art cannot be overstated.
It elevates painting to a science in one fell swoop, opening the door for artists to reproduce objects in space from a fixed viewpoint.
More importantly, it gives order to the chaotic visual world.
The second scientific discovery of the Renaissance was human anatomy.
Artists Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo paved the way for the creation of this discipline.
For the Middle Ages, the human body was God’s creation, the “temple of the Holy Spirit.” The secrets of the human body and its internal structure can only be interpreted based on biblical teachings.
Leonardo broke with religious laws and created human anatomy.
Under dim candlelight, he dissected one corpse after another in the church morgue. It is said that the total number of corpses he dissected reached more than 30.
He drew more than a thousand anatomical drawings, describing the human heart, brain, uterus and muscle structure in detail, accurately recorded his observations, and planned to write and publish the first human body in history. Encyclopedia of Anatomy.
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