History of Advertising By History of Advertising 2000 BCE Criers in Babylon Period: 2000 BCE to 1759 Prehistory of advertising Period: 1760 to 1840 Industrial revolution Period: 1850 to 1880 The birth of advertising Period: 1880 to 1919 The consolidation of advertising Period: 1890 to 1905 Art Nouveau Period: 1905 to 1907 Fauvism Period: 1920 to 1939 Art Deco Period: 1920 to 1945 Expansion of advertising Period: 1945 to 1979 Creative revolution/ Golden age of advertising Period: 1946 to 1964 Baby boomers Period: 1979 to 1999 Advertising in the last third of the 20th century Period: 2000 to 2021 The turn of the century