Trees that grow from seeds start out as tiny seedlings, usually growing directly under the parent tree--the tree that dropped its seeds. Often, those seedlings die because they are blocked from receiving sunlight and moisture. However, seedlings raised in nurseries usually do very well, depending on the species of tree.
Italian Renaissance painters and architects including Filippo Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Piero della Francesca and Luca Pacioli studied linear perspective, wrote treatises on it, and incorporated it into their artworks, thus contributing to the mathematics of art.
Linear and Non-Linear Storytelling in Traditional Mediums. A Linear plot begins at point A, progresses through events which build towards a climax, and then finally reaching point B. This type of linear plot is also referred to as the Aristotlean plot structure. It can usually be represented by drawing an arc.