One of the coolest things about the Renaissance was the discovery of how to render perspective in drawings and paintings. The technique was spread greatly by th

One of the coolest things about the Renaissance was the discovery of how to render perspective in drawings and paintings. The technique was spread greatly by the Italian book de Pictura, written by the humanist and artist Leon Battista Alberti in 1435. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_pictura https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_pictura It reminds me of viral art tutorials you see spread on Twitter today, for things like video game artists and developers. The illustrations still hold up, hundreds of years later: https://twitter.com/Doomlaser/status/978211776167923712 https://twitter.com/Doomlaser/status/978211776167923712 Prior to this discovery and the book, Italian paintings had a very muddled perspective, because people just didn't know how it worked. You'd also often see Madonna and Child paintings with an absurdly large baby, to signal divinity: https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/459136/914067/main-image https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/4... https://www.1st-art-gallery.com/frame-preview/7859545.jpg?sku=Unframed&thumb=0&huge=1 https://www.1st-art-gallery.com/frame-preview/7859545.jpg?sk...