The vanishing point may have been known to the Greeks and Romans But had been lost until Filippo Brunelleschi rediscovered the principles of linear or 「mathematical」perspective early in the 15th century.
希腊人和罗马人可能早已会使用这种消灭点的概念,但后来失传,一直到15世纪初意大利的布鲁内莱斯基才再度发现透视画法的直线或「数学」规则。