The Purpose and History of Drawing

Pre-Historic

Aug 5, 1000

The earliesty known drawings date back to 30,000-10,000 BCE, and were found on cave walls of Altamira, Spain and Lascaux, France, located in northern Spain and Southern France. Other drawings were scratched, carved or painted onto primitive tools.

Ancient Egypt

Aug 7, 1000

Early Egyptians also decorated the walls of their temples and tombs by carving scenes of daily life,hieroglyphics and religious deities, or god, as early as 3,000bc.

Ancient Greece

Aug 9, 1000

The vases and pottery were drawn or painted on by Ancient greeks exhibit their graceful, decorative use of drawin

Middle Ages

Aug 11, 1000

drawing were produced primerily to express religious messages and stories of the bibleduring middle ages, artist also kept model books, where they would store images of the human figure or subjecs from nature to copy their own work rather than using a live model each time.

Renaissance

Aug 13, 1000

At the time drawing became important to scientists to record their learning about the physical world. Artists and scientists became increasingly concerned with creating realistic depictions of the natural worldAt the time, portraiture became popular houshold items among wealthy families

Baroque Period

Aug 15, 1000

The Baroque period introducted a new style of drawing that included livelier forms with flowing lines. during this time, artists also began using water clor and ink wahesThe advancments created cheaper supplies, appreciation of art, and a new techniques to explore, led to new expiriments

1800-1900

Aug 17, 1000

This daring, bold move away from traditional scenes led artist to begin questioning traditional academic training and paved the way for an expansion of the definition of drawing, which led to varios movements of impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism, Fauvism, and other great movements of the 19th century.