Masaccio was next artist to take up artistic challenges.
It was time of rapid advancements.
Parallel worlds of science, invention, music, literature and architecture began to converge for the first time.
the idea of one point perspective was discovered.
It was Masaccio’s architect friend Brunelleschi who developed the idea that to give a picture depth, it was necessary its line to converge upon a single vanishing point.
This in turn inspired Masaccio to experiment with one point perspective in his paintings giving his figures a monumental, sculptural quality and helping to create illusion of real space.