Exploring Perspective in Renaissance Art: Leonardo Da Vinci's Works as An Example

Abstract

Leonardo da Vinci’s progress in perspective is crucial to the Renaissance art. This study, mainly focuses on the specific aspects of Leonardo’s experiment and theories on vision and perspective, his applications of research results in painting, and how these skills contribute to his art. This study used the documentary analysis method as the research method in order to analyze information from different sources, such as the explanation of his experiment and the outcomes, which helps the reader to get acquainted with Leonardo’s idea in a more comprehensive and multifaceted way. The research turns out that Leonardo’s method of perspective was appropriate and considerably accurate. There is an imperfection in Leonardo’s perspective, and there remain queries that haven’t been solved yet due to the limitations of the times, but still, his evolutionary way of perspective makes his paintings unprecedented and extraordinary. His achievement is thus influential and undisputed for later generations.