Evolution of Perspective

10th Century Illuminated Manuscript

From an illustrated manuscript

13th Cenutry painting, Reconstruction of the temple of Jerusalem. From Guillaume de Tyr, Histoire d'Outremer.

14th Century, Giotto: Basilique Assise, Legend of St Francis, Death of the Knight of Celano

14th Century, Giotto: Annunciation to St. Anne

14th Century, Giotto: Cappella Scrovegni a Padova, Pentecost
Close to true perspective, however the parallel lines of each side should actually converge to the same point as the roof and floor.

15th Century, Fra Angelico: Annunciation

15th Century, Fra Angelico: Annunciation

1472, Piero della Francesca: Thronende Madonna mit Heiligen und dem Stifter Federigo da Montefeltro
Francesca, an able mathematician and draftsman, used perspective to represent more than simply straight lines.

1498, Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper.
Perspective is used as a unifying element, to further the impact of the painting by having Jesus overlap the vanishing point.

16th Century, Albrecht Dürer.
A woodcut showing a mechanical method for reproducing a correct perspective drawing. The strings placed from the viewer's eye to the lute correspond to the rays of light traveling from the same points.

1514, Albrecht Dürer: St. Jerome in his Study