1. Concept and theory
1.1. Prerequisites and “invention”
The term “perspective” (Latin perspectiva, from perspicere, “to see clearly”) is first found in a commentary on Aristotle by Boëthius (c. 500). It is used there to translate the Greek optikḗ téchne (“art of seeing”). The expression remained current in this sense into the early modern period. A shift of meaning came in the early 15th century, with the …