Perspective is an advance in Civilization: Call to Power.
Summary[]
Perspective, the fifth Construction Advance, builds on the skills of engineering and architecture to create a new art form focused on the human individual. Perspective reflects a shift in thinking, especially about man's relationship to God. In this way, the Cathedral, the embodiment of Perspective, is both representative of the community's religious faith as well as the beginning of a religious movement centered on the individual.
Great Library entry[]
Perspective is a uniquely western art form developed in the 14th century. Unlike previous art forms, perspective placed man and man's eye at the heart of the painting, seeking to recreate the vision of man. This departure from the more godlike point of view of early artistic styles exposed a shift in thinking about man's role in the universe.