It may surprise the reader to find that one of the founding moments for the development of virtual reality actually happened in Florence, in the early 15th century. According to art historian Giorgio ...

Perspective drawing is the timeless art of making flat images feel alive with depth and space. From Brunelleschi’s Renaissance breakthrough to modern 3D rendering, the same geometric principles apply.

Italian architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) was a talented sculptor, but that hardly meant a rarity in Florence in the 14 th and 15 th centuries. In those days, the Renaissance blossoming in ...