Talk:1430s in art

Use of optical methods

I suppose the entry for 1430 mentioning the "first use of optical methods" in art refers to linear perspective. This was used a little earlier than 1430, though. While not all the paintings and reliefs using this technique at this early stage can be dated to a precise year, I think there is consensus that Masolino's St. Peter Healing a Cripple and the Raising of Tabitha, Donatello's The Feast of Herod, Ghiberti's Jacob and Esau and Masaccio's Holy Trinity were all created in the 1420s, following Brunelleschi's famous experimental sketches of the Baptistery of San Giovanni a few years earlier. So maybe it would be more appropriate to move this entry to 1420s in art. Proofreader (talk) 12:44, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Might it not mean first use of the Camera obscura or similar (in which case it seems rather late)? Either way, we should be clearer, & have a link. Johnbod (talk) 15:26, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Well, moved as you suggest, & linked. Really, these are pretty hopeless articles, which fortunately hardly anyone looks at. Johnbod (talk) 15:37, 30 October 2023 (UTC)