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That is why I asked about Brunelleschi. Since that is where I think our system of understanding 3-D came from.

• guyomes 4y ago
  As a side remark, it is probable [0] that Brunelleschi built his understanding of perspective from the Books of optics [1], written by Ibn al-Haytham around 1020 AD. [0]:https://doi.org/10.1017/S106279870800015X https://doi.org/10.1017/S106279870800015X [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Optics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Optics
  • detourdog 4y ago
    No doubt that is what happened. Thanks for the deeper source.
    • detourdog 4y ago
      I read a little of the book of optics and I could see it influencing Brunelleschi. The other reference requires a login so I wasn't able to look into the claim.