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History of Perspective drawing Perspective is the art in which three-dimensional space can be portrayed on a two-dimensional surface. It is based on elementary laws of optics, in which distant objects appear smaller and less distinct than near objects. There are two kinds of perspectives. One is aerial perspective that applies to the atmosphere’s effect on the appearance of objects, such as the change of color on distant objects like mountains or buildings. The other is linear perspective in which objects optically appear to grow smaller as they draw back in the distance; an example is railroad tracks or telephone poles receding in the distance-as this happens they seem to grow smaller and closer together till they finally come together at the horizon line. Perspective goes back long before the