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30,000 BCE
Pre-Historic
The Pre-historic era cave way to the first art pieces which provide the earliest understanding of our ancestors. -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian art with the first recorded Hieroglyphics were found in tombs and temples. -
3000 BCE
Papyrus
Papyrus was the first paper like substance that could be drawn on and was used to record hieroglyphics on with ink. -
3000 BCE
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek art was composed onto artifacts such as vase's or pots to describe stories of their deities and pantheons. -
400
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages had produced art that was primarily directed towards a religious message and told stories of the bible. -
900
The First Canvas'
Canvas's were used in the Middle ages instead of tablets and were mainly composed of of strong, unbleached cloth for paint. -
1100
Paper Invented
The first pieces of paper were created which gave way later for artists to use Model Books to sketch the figures of their painting instead of using just memory. -
1300
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period of Italian art most notable for it's paintings, sculpture's, and architecture. -
Baroque Period
The Baroque Period introduced new artistic styles, mostly commonly determined by their exemplary use of flowing lines. -
Counter-Reform
Counter-Reform is a period in Baroque when the Protestant reform had been going on the same time, the counter-reform was a response to the protestants. -
The 1800's to 1900's
The 1800's to 1900's was a time were innovation and advancement in the art world was rampant, with more extreme idea's of art being created and a multitude of styles coming from it.