Though Botticelli used classic Renaissance techniques like chiaroscuro and vanishing points, he did not adhere to the "rules of perspective" as strictly as his colleagues did. Some of his paintings fail to perfectly give the illusion of depth, oftentimes because the perspective lines fail to meet at one point. In this particular painting, entitled Cestello Annunciation, the diagonal lines on the floor give depth to the room, while the tree's smaller size makes it appear to be farther away. Chiaroscuro, or shading, gives the people and objects volume and a 3-D appearance
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