Discover the lively history of the invention of perspective in the 15th century, and how, as soon as the invention spread, it was used to achieve subtle and fascinating aesthetic effects.

Explore why Renaissance artists such as Leonardo and Mantegna used perspective in unorthodox ways which have puzzled art scholars.

Was the invention/discovery of perspective a stage in the steady progress of art ... or is perspective merely a conventional and arbitrary system for the representation of space?