History of Drawing by Sabrina Martin

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    PRE-HISTORIC

    people have been drawing since the beggining of human history. in fact drawing provided some of our oldest accounts of our ancestors. in this image it is known to be the earliest time of drawing the date was around 30,000-10,000 BCE. these drawing or hand paintings were found on walls of caves.
  • Period: 100 to

    HISTORY OF DRAWING

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    ANCIENT EGYPT

    ANCIENT EGYPT
    Early egyptians also decorated walls of their temples and tombs. egypians created a way of communcation called hieroglyphics . their form of art was also created in the 30,000
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    MIDDLE AGES

    MIDDLE AGES
    The middle ages started (400-1400CE) their drawing was a way to express religion messages and stories from the bible.
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    MONOGRAMS

    a motif of two or more letters, typically a person's initials, usually interwoven or otherwise combined in a decorative design, used as a logo or to identify a personal possession. mongrams first appreared on coins as early as 350 BC
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    RENAISSANCE

    In Italy drawing became recognized as a respectable art form because before the renaissance no one saw art as a important factor no one cared for art but in this time which is the 1400s-1700s kings and queens wanted artist to draw them. Another creation was chalk and charcoal a famous artist who used these new tools was Michealangelo and da vinci as well.
  • BAROQUE PERIOD

    BAROQUE PERIOD
    The baroque period introduced a new style of drawing that included livelier forms with flowing lines and during this time water color was also created as well as ink washes. This period of time was in the 1600-1700
  • 1800s-1900s

    1800s-1900s
    in this time the 1800s-1900s pencils were invented it became the most preferred drawing tool. in this time impressionism, cubism, expressionism, and fauvism were created.
  • Impressionism

    a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and color.
  • FAUVISM

    the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.
  • CUBISM

    an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.