Scientific and mathematical breakthrough came with a generation of • artist-intellectuals born in the late 14th and early 15th century. The architect, painter and sculptor Brunelleschi was credited as "the inventor • or the re-discoverer of perspective" (its theoretical and practical roots went back to antiquity). Brunelleschi (1413) is credited with the first correct formulation of linear perspective. He understood that there should be a single vanishing point to which all parallel lines in a plane, other than the plane of the canvas, converge. Mathematical Perspective and Art “Holy Trinity” 1427 Brancacci Chapel in S. Maria del Carmine, Florence Linear perspective in turn had enormous implications for architectural drawing • and design, not to mention illusionistic theatrical scene painting. Masaccio created the first surviving monuments to the new science. • perspective rendering of the classical •The successful architectural setting of Masaccio's "Trinity" was a major factor in establishing it as a landmark in the history of painting. Masaccio’s “Holy Trinity” Masaccio's Trinity, painted for S. Maria Novella in • Florence around 1427, is usually considered to be the oldest surviving perspective painting. It is most mature work. We see a • considered Masaccio’s pyramid of figures topped by God, who holds the cross. The holy spirit is represented by the dove. St. John the Baptist on the right and the Madonna is on the left. The Madonna looks directly at us and presents Christ
• Scientific and mathematical breakthrough came with a generation of artist-intellectuals born in the late 14th and early 15th century. • The architect, painter and sculptor Brunelleschi was credited as "the inventor or the re-discoverer of perspective" (its theoretical and practical roots went back to antiquity). Brunelleschi (1413) is credited with the first correct formulation of linear perspective. He understood that there should be a single vanishing point to which all parallel lines in a plane, other than the plane of the canvas, converge. Mathematical Perspective and Art “Holy Trinity” 1427 Brancacci Chapel in S. Maria del Carmine, Florence • Linear perspective in turn had enormous implications for architectural drawing and design, not to mention illusionistic theatrical scene painting. • Masaccio created the first surviving monuments to the new science. •The successful perspective rendering of the classical architectural setting of Masaccio's "Trinity" was a major factor in establishing it as a landmark in the history of painting. Masaccio’s “Holy Trinity” • Masaccio's Trinity, painted for S. Maria Novella in Florence around 1427, is usually considered to be the oldest surviving perspective painting. • It is considered Masaccio’s most mature work. We see a pyramid of figures topped by God, who holds the cross. The holy spirit is represented by the dove. St. John the Baptist on the right and the Madonna is on the left. The Madonna looks directly at us and presents Christ