Drawing & History

By kcouch9
  • 30,000 BCE

    Cave Drawings

    Cave Drawings
    The earliest drawings have been found in caves. These are found in France & Spain.
    Photo : Unknown Artist, 30000 BC, Drawing
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ancient Egyptians began decorating their tombs with drawings of their daily life. They also started writing on early forms of paper.
  • 800 BCE

    Greek Drawing

    The surviving evidence of drawing in Greek history is designs on pottery.
  • 800 BCE

    First Town

    ericho, often quoted as the first town, grows into a settlement covering ten acres
  • 585 BCE

    Solar Eclipse Predicted

    Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus successfully predicts a solar eclipse on May 28.
  • 539 BCE

    Warrior Art

    Drawings were being used as narration.
  • 100 BCE

    Paper

    Paper was invented around 100 BC in China
  • 400

    Prayer Books

    Prayer Books
    Drawings emerged in bibles and books written by monks. During this time art was focused around religion.
    Photo : Artist Unknown (ancient monk) , Bible, animal skin
  • 1400

    The beginning of Modern Drawing

    The beginning of Modern Drawing
    Modern drawing in began in the 1400's , during the period known as the Renaissance.
    Photo : Parri Spinelli, Crucifixion 1440s , Sinopia on plaster
  • 1473

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci
    In 1473, he completed Landscape Drawing , a pen and ink depiction of the Arno River valley.
    Photo : Paesaggio con fiume, 1473,ink on paper, Da Vinci
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus sets out on three ships
  • 1500

    Metal Point

    Metal Point
    Artist began to prefer the precision of metal point on paper, instead of graphite.
    Photo : Jan van Eyck, Portrait of an Unknown Man, c. 1435-40, silverpoint on prepared paper
  • 1501

    Slaves

    First black slaves brought to America

  • Astronomy

    Astronomer Galileo explained the changing phases of the moon through his drawings.

  • Plauge

    Great Plague in London kills 75,000.

  • Neoclassical Period

    Neoclassical Period
    Neoclassicism is the term for movements in the arts that draw inspiration from the classical art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome
    Photo: John Flaxman, The Judgment of Paris or Paris and Oenone, 1791. Gray ink wash

  • Modern Pencil

    The modern pencil was invented in 1795 by Nicholas-Jacques Conte

  • War of 1812

    U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

  • Erasers

    On March 30, 1858, Hymen Lipman of Philadelphia, USA, received the first patent for attaching an eraser to the end of a pencil.

  • Van Gogh

    Van Gogh
    Created in 1890 with pencil, this drawing of a chair was created with pencil.
    photo: Vincent van Gogh
    Drawing, Pencil
    Saint-Rémy: March - April, 1890

  • Futurism

    art emphasised speed, technology, youth, violence, and objects such as the car, the airplane, and the industrial city.

  • Surrealism

    Surrealism
    "Surrealistic art is characterized by dream-like visuals, the use of symbolism, and collage images", surrealism becomes popular.
    Photo: Eolo Pons "España Tell" (Homage to José Planas Casas)
    Surrealist Pencil Drawing, 1939

  • Abstract Expressionism

    large-scale, abstract drawings showing pure emotion in line, color, and shape.

  • Pop Art

    Pop art is bright, bold representations of culture.

  • Conceptual Art

    Conceptual Art
    art in which the idea presented by the artist is considered more important than the finished product, if there is one.

  • Minimal Art

    Minimal Art
    Minimalism or minimalist art can be seen as extending the abstract idea that art should have its own reality and not be an imitation of some other thing
    Photo: Alias of Ksenija Pantelić, pencil and paper

  • NeoExpressionism

    Neo-expressionism developed as a reaction against conceptual art and minimal art of the 1970s.