Drawing perspective is a method of portraying objects on a flat surface so that the dimensions shrink with distance. Each set of parallel, straight edges of any object, whether a building or a table, follows lines that eventually converge at a vanishing point. Typically this convergence point is somewhere along the horizon, as buildings are built level with the flat surface. When multiple structures are aligned with each other, such as buildings along a street, the horizontal tops and bottoms of the structures typically converge at a vanishing point. When both the fronts and sides of a building are drawn, then
The Ideal City (painting) attributed tentatively to Francesco di Giorgio Martini and dated eventually as 1477. "The Ideal City" celebrates the values in a well-ordered society, architecture stands as a metaphor for good government. The illusion of space is achieved using a mathematical perspective system developed in Florence. The receding lines that establish spatial relationships converge at a central point, located in the middle of the city gate. In a scene from the 1995 thriller, "Twelve Monkeys", Bruce Willis' character looks at "The Ideal City" in the Walters Art Museum. "The Ideal City" is one of the paintings available to buy virtually inside the