Evolution of Perspective

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A selection of images to show the evolution of perspective in Western Art.

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