When Filippo Brunelleschi demonstrated linear perspective in early fifteenth-century Florence, he wasn’t just solving an artistic problem. He was offering a new way to organize reality itself—one that aligned space with human perception and mathematical order. What began as an experiment with mirrors and geometry became a quiet revolution whose effects still ripple through modern art, architecture, technology, and everyday visual culture. Here are six enduring impacts of Brunelleschi’s concept of perspective—and why it still matters. 1. A New Way of Seeing the World Brunelleschi’s most profound legacy is perceptual. Linear perspective taught Western culture to imagine space as something coherent, measurable, and unified around a single viewpoint. This was…