<P> Filippo Brunelleschi ( Italian : ( fiˈlippo brunelˈleski ) ; 1377 -- April 15 , 1446 ) was an Italian designer and a key figure in architecture , recognised to be the first modern engineer , planner and sole construction supervisor . He was one of the founding fathers of the Renaissance . He is generally well known for developing a technique for linear perspective in art and for building the dome of the Florence Cathedral . Heavily dependent on mirrors and geometry , to `` reinforce Christian spiritual reality '' , his formulation of linear perspective governed pictorial depiction of space until the late 19th century . It also had the most profound -- and quite unanticipated -- influence on the rise of modern science . His accomplishments also include other architectural works , sculpture , mathematics , engineering , and ship design . His principal surviving works are to be found in Florence , Italy ; however his two original linear perspective panels have been lost . </P>
<P> Filippo Brunelleschi ( Italian : ( fiˈlippo brunelˈleski ) ; 1377 -- April 15 , 1446 ) was an Italian designer and a key figure in architecture , recognised to be the first modern engineer , planner and sole construction supervisor . He was one of the founding fathers of the Renaissance . He is generally well known for developing a technique for linear perspective in art and for building the dome of the Florence Cathedral . Heavily dependent on mirrors and geometry , to `` reinforce Christian spiritual reality '' , his formulation of linear perspective governed pictorial depiction of space until the late 19th century . It also had the most profound -- and quite unanticipated -- influence on the rise of modern science . His accomplishments also include other architectural works , sculpture , mathematics , engineering , and ship design . His principal surviving works are to be found in Florence , Italy ; however his two original linear perspective panels have been lost . </P>
the invention of linear perspective is generally attributed to
the invention of linear perspective is generally attributed to
Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi