linear perspective
Noun
Meaning
the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer
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He was one of the first to use linear perspective in his painting, employing techniques such as vanishing point in art for the first time.
Subsequently, Fra Angelico demonstrated an understanding of linear perspective particularly in his Annunciation paintings set inside the sort of arcades that Michelozzo and Brunelleschi created at San’ Marco's and the square in front of it.
The fresco, considered by many to be Masaccio's masterwork, is the earliest surviving painting to use systematic linear perspective, possibly devised by Masaccio with the assistance of Brunelleschi himself.
Leonardo did numerous drawings and preparatory studies, including a detailed one in linear perspective of the ruined classical architecture that makes part of the backdrop to the scene.
The writer believed that a character living in a quantum universe would not perceive time with a linear perspective, which would influence the character's perception of human affairs.