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History of Drawing by Mia Altstatt

  • Pre-Historic
    20,000 BCE

    Pre-Historic

    People who have been drawing since before history
  • Ancient Egypt
    3000 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Drawings in ink that were drawn on Egyptian papyrus
  • Paper
    1100 BCE

    Paper

    Paper was first invented in the 1100's for artists to draw on
  • Middle Ages
    900 BCE

    Middle Ages

    Drawings were produced to express religious messages and stories of the bible.
  • Ancient Greece
    600 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Decorative drawings on artifacts of battles and myths
  • Renaissance
    Jan 1, 1400

    Renaissance

    Forms of painting, sculpture, and architecture drawing with chalk or charcoal.
  • Portraiture
    Jan 1, 1503

    Portraiture

    Portraits were a popular painting during this time among households of wealthy families.
  • Baroque Period

    Baroque Period

    The beginning of the watercolor and water wash use
  • Sketchbooks

    Sketchbooks

    Artists began to have access to sketchbooks so they could make more accurate drawings that just what they memorized
  • Pencils

    Pencils

    Pencils were first manufactured and became the most proffered drawing tool.
  • Abstract

    Abstract

    Artists started to draw pictures of other forms of art such as dance, and other sports using abstract forms of lines