History of Drawing - Jared Abrego

The History of Art

Period: 40,000 BCE to 2021

Pre-Historic Art

20,000 BCE

People have been using art in a way to express themselves since the beginning of human history. They told stories on caves and decorated their primitive tools.

Ancient Egypt

3000 BCE

Early Egyptian's used hieroglyphics to decorate their temples and tombs. They also drew an Egyptian papyrus, which grew along the Nile river and was used like "paper"

Ancient Greece

700 BCE

The Greeks used to draw on artifacts, vases, and pottery. They drew on scenes from battles and myths.

Middle Ages

400 BCE

Monks drew inside Bibles to illustrate stories and religious messages. They would draw on wood, slate, or wax because parchment paper and animal hides were too expensive.

Renaissance

1400

The renaissance period was a period that helped us redefine and come to what we recognize today as art. They experimented with new soft materials like chalk and charcoal.

Baroque Period

1700

This was also a new era of painting material where they used watercolor and ink washes. They also use the new technique called open composition.

1800's

1800

Pencils were first manufactured during this period. Nowadays it's the most preferred drawing tool because it's easy to get a hold of.

1900's

1900

New art forms like impressionism, cubism, expressionism, and fauvism, and other great movements.

Modern Art

2000

This is the art we love and know today it is wild, classy and clean