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Linear Perspective
A Brief Overview
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• Linear Perspective is a mathematical system used
  to create the illusion of space on a flat
  surface. This system is based on the fact that
  parallel lines appear to meet at a point in space.

• Invented in the early 1400s by artists in
  Florence, Italy.

• The artist, Masaccio, was one of the first to use
  perspective in his artwork.

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Masaccios Tribute Money (1426-28) Brancacci
Chapel, Florence, Italy. Fresco
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Horizon LineWhere the ground and sky meetalso,
eye-level
Vanishing PointWhere the parallel lines appear
to meet.
Guidelines (Orthagonals)Lines that help to place
the parallel lines in space. They meet at the
vanishing point.