Introduction and Spread of Linear Perspective in Florence (c. 1415–1450)

1. Brunelleschi demonstrates a one-point perspective device

   Jan 1, 1415Labels: Filippo Brunelleschi, One-point perspective, Florence

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

2. Brancacci Chapel fresco cycle begins in Florence

   Jan 1, 1425Labels: Brancacci Chapel, Masolino, Masaccio

   • Britannica
   • Masaccio Wiki

3. Masaccio paints *The Tribute Money* in Brancacci Chapel

   Jan 1, 1425Labels: Masaccio, The Tribute, Brancacci Chapel

   • Tribute Money
   • Britannica

4. Masaccio paints *Holy Trinity* with one-point system

   Jan 1, 1426Labels: Masaccio, Holy Trinity, Santa Maria

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

5. Donatello completes *Feast of Herod* perspective relief

   Jan 1, 1427Labels: Donatello, Feast of, Siena Baptistery

   • Feast Herod
   • Donatello net

6. Masaccio’s Brancacci work advances controlled pictorial space

   Jan 1, 1427Labels: Masaccio, Brancacci Chapel, Workshop training

   • Britannica
   • Brancacci Wiki

7. Alberti completes first draft of *De pictura*

   Aug 26, 1435Labels: Leon Battista, De pictura, Florence

   • Cambridge
   • Britannica

8. Alberti dates vernacular dedication of *De pictura*

   Jul 17, 1436Labels: Alberti dedication, Vernacular De, Filippo Brunelleschi

   • Cambridge
   • Britannica

9. Uccello paints *Battle of San Romano* perspective experiments

   Jan 1, 1438Labels: Paolo Uccello, Battle of, Perspective experiments

   • National Gallery
   • Uffizi

10. Perspective becomes a mainstream Florentine pictorial skill

    Jan 1, 1440Labels: Florentine workshops, Linear perspective, 1440s

    • Britannica
    • National Gallery

11. Brunelleschi’s role recognized as Alberti’s perspective precursor

    Jan 1, 1446Labels: Filippo Brunelleschi, Attribution, Leon Battista

    • Britannica
    • Cambridge

12. Later perspective treatises build on Florentine foundations

    Jan 1, 1474Labels: Piero della, Perspective treatises, Renaissance

    • De prospectiva