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The Pre-historic era cave way to the first art pieces which provide the earliest understanding of our ancestors.
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Ancient Egyptian art with the first recorded Hieroglyphics were found in tombs and temples.
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Papyrus was the first paper like substance that could be drawn on and was used to record hieroglyphics on with ink.
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Ancient Greek art was composed onto artifacts such as vase's or pots to describe stories of their deities and pantheons.
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The Middle Ages had produced art that was primarily directed towards a religious message and told stories of the bible.
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Canvas's were used in the Middle ages instead of tablets and were mainly composed of of strong, unbleached cloth for paint.
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The first pieces of paper were created which gave way later for artists to use Model Books to sketch the figures of their painting instead of using just memory.
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The Renaissance was a period of Italian art most notable for it's paintings, sculpture's, and architecture.
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The Baroque Period introduced new artistic styles, mostly commonly determined by their exemplary use of flowing lines.
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Counter-Reform is a period in Baroque when the Protestant reform had been going on the same time, the counter-reform was a response to the protestants.
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The 1800's to 1900's was a time were innovation and advancement in the art world was rampant, with more extreme idea's of art being created and a multitude of styles coming from it.