The birth of perspective -- Alberti and Piero della Francesca -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Italy in the cinquecento -- North of the Alps before 1600 -- The birth of the mathematical theory of perspective Guidobaldo and Stevin -- The Dutch development after Stevin -- Italy after Guidobaldo -- France and the southern Netherlands after 1600 -- Britain -- The German-speaking areas after 1600 -- Lambert -- Monge closing a circle -- Summing up -- Appendix One: On ancient roots of perspective -- Appendix Two: The appearance of a rectangle à la Leonardo da Vinci -- Appendix Three: 'sGravesande taking recourse to the infinitesimal calculus to draw a column base in perspective -- Appendix Four: The perspective sources listed countrywise in chronological order.
