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Industrial Revolution
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First Lithograph
Alois Senefelder invents the first knwon lithograph. The photocopying of images is now made possible. -
Abolition of Slave Trade
Promulgation of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in Britain. It prohibits the trading of slaves, it is still legal to own and keep slaves. -
Beethoven's 5th finnished
My favourite Romantic composer Beethoven's most epic symphony. -
1820 Settlers
About 5000 white citizens arrive from Britain to be settled in Cape Colony. They are settled in Zuurveld near the FIsh river. -
End of the Industrial Revolution
Although the Industrial Revolution didn't have a set end and in someways is still underway it is generally agreed that the period of 1760 -1820 was the peak of rapid urbanisation and the start of factory lines. -
Haida Argulite Carving
The Haida tribe of North America, from what is now British Columbia, traded their artwork with Europeans. -
First known photograph
This is believed to be the first permanent photograph. Taken using a camera obscura, the lenglthy exposure time (about 8 hours) causes the light to be on both sides of the building. -
Tour of the Waterfalls of Various Provinces
This type Japanese art flourished, "ukiyo-e" (pictures of the floating world) in the first half of the 19th century. -
Liberty Leading the People
Eugene Delacroix's painting was about the Parisian uprising of 1830 which saw the replacement of King Charles X with Loius Fillipe. It is a Romantic painting. It is also the Album Artwork of Coldplay's album "Viva la Vida and Death to All His Friends" -
The Great Trek
The Voortrekker's leader, Piet Retief and his followers set out from the Cape Colony and come to occupy the Interior and Natal. Port Natal (Durban) is still controlled by the British. -
Pietermaritzburg is founded
My hometime Pietermaritzburg is founded. Named after Voortrekker leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz it becomes the capital of the new Afrikaans Republic of Natalia. -
Photography
Sir John Hershel coins the term photograph. -
Daguerrotype
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Burial at Ornans
Gustave Courbet's painting marked a formal move a way from the academic art of the early 19th century. -
Origin of the Species - Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of the Species" was hugely influential in both the science and art worlds. Many of the first Antrhopomorphic images of Africans were taken as parts of a study because of the theory of evolution propopsed by Darwin. -
Great Expectations
The first instalment of my favourite classic novel by Dicken's is published. -
Salon des Refuses
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Impressionism Sunrise
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Hilton College Founded
My high school HIlton College is founded -
Battle of Isandlawana
British are completely descimated by the Zulu army at Isandlwana. They recover immediatly and hold out at Rorkes Drift. -
Tottenham Hotspurs Founded
The only real love of my life is born. Tottenham Hotspurs Football Club is founded. -
Great Grandfather Leaves Jersey
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Scramble for Africa
Otto van Bismark is in charge at the Berlin conference, as the map of Africa is cut up and shared amoungst the powerful European nations. -
Start of the Anglo Boer war
This conflict between the English and the Boers lasted nearly 3 years. -
Spurs win the FA cup
My one and only love Tottenham Hotspurs lift England's greatest trophy for the first time. -
Kodak Brownie
Photography becomes availiable to everyone with the invention of the first Kodak Brownie camera. -
First Powered Flight
The Wright brothers complete the first powered flight. Aviation is born. -
Fauvism
Art critic Louis Vauxcelles, calls the art 'les fauves' which means the wild beasts. Earliest and briefest of the 20th centuary movements. Rough brushwork and non naturalistic use of colours define this movement. -
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Cubism
This art form simplifies complex forms into geometric shapes. Made viewers very aware of the plane of the picture. -
Braque's Houses at L'Estaque
The first Cubist painting. -
Model T Ford
Henry Ford sells the first Model T Ford. -
Futurism
Italian Filipo Marinetti publishes his Futurism manifesto in response to the fast pace of modern society and the advance of technology. -
Post Impressionism
The first time the term Post Impressionist was used. Roger Fry curates an exhibition of modern French art. Cezanne, Seurot, van Gogh, Gauguin are the four main post impressionists -
Expressionism coined
The term is first used my Herwath Walden. There were two seperate German groups: Die Brucke and Der Blaue Reiter who aimed to give the audience a vivid expression of what was going through the artist's mind. -
Nude Boy and Girl
Charactirised by simplification of detail and elongation of form this painting is by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. -
The First World War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinated and the first major global conflict kicks off. Over 37 million people died as a result from this. -
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WW1
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R Mutt
Marcel Duchamp's urinal with a fake signed name was in response to the horror of the first world war. Artists decided that because the world did not make sense, adn their art was to reflect the world, their own art would be nonsensical. -
Dada
The first manifestation of Dada is published -
Treaty of Versailes
The treaty is signed at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month and signals the end of the First World War. The terms of the Treaty were exceptionally harsh on Germany and many believe that because of the harsh nature of the treaty and the reperations that Germany were made to pay, Hitler rose to power. -
Roaring 20's
In America the 20's are marked by the start of Jazz music, the prohibition of alcohol, and the ineffect of the prohibition. -
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Roaring 20's
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Monuments to the Birds
This Surrealist painting typifies the Surrealist art movement. Surrealists experimented with alcohol, drugs and hypnosis and produced art that spoke of a different reality. -
Great Depression Starts
The stock market collapses in America and begins a period of global recession known as the Great Depression -
The Persistance of Memory
Surrealist. Salvador Dali -
Second World War
Germany invades Poland and sparks the second great global conflict. It would be much more devestating than the first. -
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WW2
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Second World War ends
The Germans are forced into an unconditional surrender as the Allies meet in Berlin.
