What paintings were influenced by Alberti's treatise, On Painting, in the 1400s?

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I'm looking for realistic paintings from the 15th century only, after the publication of On Painting (1435), preferably not by Leonardo da Vinci. Does anyone know of any?

asked Jul 11, 2013 in Artworks

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Well, I don't think we can come up with any that we can say, with any certainty, involved the artist reading the book and then setting up his easel to create a picture directly influenced by it.

However, since the book deals with issues of optics and perspective in painting, you want to look at 15th-century paintings that represent these concepts, which became important to artists, though not merely because of Alberti. One very good example is Perugino's "Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter" in the Sistine Chapel. You can see it on the first site below. You might want to read the second site, too, since it briefly discusses some issues that may interest you as far as Renaissance art is concerned.

answered Jul 11, 2013