Civilization 5 Specialists and Great People
Great Artist - Abilities & GPP Guide for Brave New World
Great Artist Info
Great Artists can only be generated through the Artist's Guild National Wonder which gives +2 GPP toward a Great Artist. With its two slots filled, this comes to +8 before any percentage bonuses. Great Artists can be purchased for a base cost of 1000 faith if you have finished the Aesthetics Social Policies.
Aside from the Artist's Guild and the Artistic Genius Social Policy, only certain Social Policies and Wonders that let you pick a Great Person, such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa can allow you to get a Great Artist instantly. With Max Patronage, City-States may gift you with a Great Artist, but the chance is low given the number of possibilities.
Great Artists come with the ability to Create Great Work of Art which will fill one of the available slots in one of your buildings, providing Culture and Tourism. While this may be handy, at other times the Great Artist is better expended to produce a Golden Age.
The Great Artist's second ability is to produce an instant Golden Age. Don't use this if your Civ is about to enter one, rather wait until it's over so that you can have two. Adding one while a current age is active only gives a portion of the turns waiting it out would give. Use this late in the game when you have plenty of culture - it's +20% during the Golden Age, along with Production, and this will make up for some of the Culture lost from not creating a Great Work.
| GPP | Building | Building Bonus | Tech to Unlock |
| +2 | Artist's Guild | +2 Great Artist Points, 2 Artist Slots | Guilds |
Other Wonders Related to Great Artists
- The Louvre
Requires Industrial Era, Adopt Exploration Social Policy
1 Great Artist appears, +2 Culture. Contains 4 Slots for Great Works of Art. - Uffizi
Requires Renaissance Era, Adopt Aesthetics Social Policy
1 Great Artist Appears, +2 Culture, 3 Slots for Great Works of Art.
Social Policies and Ideologies Related to Great Artists
- Adopt Aesthetics
Requires Classical Era
Great Writers, Artists, and Musicians born 25% faster. - Artistic Genius
Requires Aesthetics
A Great Artist Appears - Futurism
Requires Autocracy Level I
+100 Tourism to All Civilizations when a Great Writer, Artist, or Musician is Born
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