Geometry in ArtMost of the art we see today uses some form of geometry. Sometimes we can visually see the shapes and other times we can't. If we didn't have geometry today's art would be flat and scattered, which would make it unpleasant to look at. Thanks to the great works of Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci, the concepts of linear perspective and geometry were introduced into art and have led to geometry continuing in our art today. Filippo Brunelleschi was an “expert goldsmith who, in 1420, changed the course of Renaissance art in Florence in two great ways” (“BRUNELLESCHI and the rediscovery of linear perspective”). The first way in which Filippo changed the history of art was when he "designed and directed the construction of the red dome that was on top of the Florence Cathedral" and the second was when he "rediscovered linear perspective" ("BRUNELLESCHI and the King- Discovery of linear perspective"). The rediscovery of linear perspective was so important because “early Renaissance painters didn't know how to paint a picture that didn't look flat” (“BRUNELLESCHI and the rediscovery of linear perspective”). “Only the Greeks and Romans understood a special artistic depth. They understood how to create an image with convincing depth and a painted or sculpted illusion of three-dimensional space” (“BRUNELLESCHI and the rediscovery of linear perspective”). The artists knew that they “did not know how to create convincing depth in a painting, and were working hard to develop a system of perspective” (“BRUNELLESCHI and the rediscovery of linear perspective”). An example of their work before Brunelleschi's rediscovery of perspective is shown in Figure 3. In this image the background and the people all appear to be at the same distance... in the center of the paper... John J. . Culture and values: a survey of the humanities. 8th ed. Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2014. Print."Does 'Earlier Version' Exhibit Leonardo's Mathematical Principles? - The Mona Lisa Foundation." The Mona Lisa Foundation. Np, nd Web. 4 May 2014. .Geometry in Art & Architecture Unit 14. Dartmouth College, nd Web. 28 April 2014. "How Brunelleschi 'discovered' linear perspective." Intelligent story. Np, nd Web. May 4, 2014. "Linear Perspective: Brunelleschi's Experiment." Linear perspective: Filippo Brunelleschi's experiment. Np, nd Web. May 4 2014. .