<P> Systematic attempts to evolve a system of perspective are usually considered to have begun around the fifth century BC in the art of ancient Greece , as part of a developing interest in illusionism allied to theatrical scenery . This was detailed within Aristotle 's Poetics as skenographia : using flat panels on a stage to give the illusion of depth . The philosophers Anaxagoras and Democritus worked out geometric theories of perspective for use with skenographia . Alcibiades had paintings in his house designed using skenographia , so this art was not confined merely to the stage . Euclid 's Optics introduced a mathematical theory of perspective , but there is some debate over the extent to which Euclid 's perspective coincides with the modern mathematical definition . </P>
<P> Systematic attempts to evolve a system of perspective are usually considered to have begun around the fifth century BC in the art of ancient Greece , as part of a developing interest in illusionism allied to theatrical scenery . This was detailed within Aristotle 's Poetics as skenographia : using flat panels on a stage to give the illusion of depth . The philosophers Anaxagoras and Democritus worked out geometric theories of perspective for use with skenographia . Alcibiades had paintings in his house designed using skenographia , so this art was not confined merely to the stage . Euclid 's Optics introduced a mathematical theory of perspective , but there is some debate over the extent to which Euclid 's perspective coincides with the modern mathematical definition . </P>
who created the first mathematical system of perspective in painting
who created the first mathematical system of perspective in painting
Euclid
Euclid