In the early 1400s, the Italian architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446) reintroduced a means of rendering the recession of space, called linear perspective.

Who started to incorporate linear perspective in paintings?

The first recorded attempt to use linear perspective was made by Filippo Brunelleschi, father of Italian Renaissance architecture. Around 1415, the famed Italian architect demonstrated his use of linear perspective by creating two painted panels that depicted the streets and buildings of Florence.

Who developed the concept of perspective?

The first to master perspective was Italian Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi, who developed the adherence of perspective to a vanishing point in the early fifteenth century.