Paolo Uccello
From Conservapedia
Paolo Uccello (1396/7-1475) was an Italian artist. He was a pioneer of perspective and foreshortening.
He trained under Ghiberti, and his later work shows Ghiberti's gothic influence. He worked on mosaics in Venice, then moved to Florence in 1431. In 1436 he painted a fresco of an equestrian statue which shows his use of foreshortening - tricking the eye into seeing a statue rather than a painting. After this he designed stained-glass windows for the city's cathedral, after which he continued working in a more decorative style than before.
Major works
Aside from the equestrian painting of John Hawkwood (known as Giovanni Acuto in Italy) above, there is a Four Prophets in Florence cathedral, and perhaps his greatest work, the Deluge, in the Church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
