Ethan Cecchetti: Piero Della Francesca

Piero Della Francesca was an artist in the early Renaissance who is known for the geometric forms in his artwork, especially the linear perspective. The following is a simple and obvious example of such perspective.



We can clearly see his use of perspective in the lines on the ground and the inner faces of the buildings to the side of the main circular building in the center. The lines on the ground create the illusion that the building is quite far away from us, and the buildings on the side create a depth that extends well behind the circular centerpiece. However, the lines also draw our eye to the center of the piece, pointing us toward that one building.

On the whole, Francesca has created a piece that makes good use of linear perspective to create depth and distance while still making it clear exactly what we're supposed to be looking at.