Linear perspective is a perspective mostly used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon. It allows the painting to become like reality and makes it seem as if you are there physically. It gives illusion of depth and distance. The linear perspective was invented during the Italian renaissance and was said to be first used by architect Filippo Brunelleschi. He explained how objects shrink in size according to their position and distance from the eye. Some examples of Brunelleschi’s system can be seen in Masaccio’s painting The Holy Trinity, a dramatic illusionistic crucifixion.
