Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their image to it, by means of a pyramid of lines. The Pyramid is the name I apply to the lines which, starting from the surface and edges of each object, converge from a distance and meet in a single point.


The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Richter, 1888) - II Linear Perspective

Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their image to it, ...

Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their image to it, ...

Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their image to it, ...

Perspective is nothing more than a rational demonstration applied to the consideration of how objects in front of the eye transmit their image to it, ...