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The first ever account of drawing dates back to out ancestors, the carvings were found on the wall of caves -
This period previews the evolution of art, many events important to drawing and how it came to be the foundation of art we see today happens all in this period.
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Now the Ancient Greeks have started to create art, these are lasting artifacts of their drawings. Vases and pottery were drawn on to exhibit life. -
Early Egyptians started to decorate the walls of their temples and tombs by carving in hieroglyphics, deities, and life. -
During the middle ages, drawings were produced mainly for religious purposes, drawing became an important step if you wanted to create paintings, artists kept model books which were meant to store images of human figures and natural subjects.
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The most revolutionary event for drawing. Started in Italy and became recognized as a respectable art form because of paper. Drawing became the foundation of all art work and preparation.
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During the Renaissance, softer materials began to rise in popularity for artists, for example: Chalk and charcoal. These were used allowing greater texture and effects in drawings and were used by the most notorious artists like Michelangelo and da Vinci.
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Adding onto the Renaissance, art became most valuable and popular during this time. New ideas grew like portraiture, the art of drawing and painting portraits. Since these styles became so popular among wealthy families, artists eventually started adding personal monograms onto their work, which are decorative symbols, usually in the form of one's initials to classify that they painted the portrait. -
The Baroque period introduced many new styles of painting.
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This was a movement aimed to revive Catholicism among Europe, led to more religious tones being used in art. -
During the Baroque period and its involvement with new styles of painting, water color and ink washes were being considered new palettes among artists.
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This was the practice of rejecting classical subjects in art and embracing modernity and the world around them. Many Impressionism art pieces were paintings of landscapes and the outside world.
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A style of painting that emphasizes strong qualities and color rather than realistic ideals. -
Rather than basing the lesson of an art piece on the actual drawing itself, it based its value on the emotional structure.
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A revolutionary movement that practiced painting beyond a single viewpoint and expressed its style by using geometric shapes rather than applying to art's typical rules