History of Art

By SimonH670
  • 15,000 BCE

    Lascaux Caves

    Lascaux Caves
    Upper Paleolithic period and was created by the clearly skilled hands of humans living in the area at that time.
  • 105

    Ts'ai Lun

    Ts'ai Lun
    Inventor of paper made from tree bark, hemp waste, old rags, and fishnets.
  • 1450

    Gutenberg

    Gutenberg
    Started the printing revolution and invented the printing press.

  • Victorian Design

    Victorian Design
    For the first time, people began decorating interiors of their homes with art, along with covering tables and shelves with decorative items.

  • Chromolithography

    Chromolithography
    Godefroy Engelmann invented chromolithography in 1837 and Chromolithography shows that you can use colors to express your feelings in an artwork.

  • Arts and Crafts

    Arts and Crafts
    The Arts and Crafts movement was inspired by the writings of John Ruskin. John was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, water color, philosopher, prominent social thinker and philanthropist.

  • Art Nouveau

    Art Nouveau
    Decorations and Ornamental

  • Futurism

    Futurism
    Was mainly a movement of art in Italy.

  • Vienna workshop

    Vienna workshop
    Was a very colorful and cartoony design.

  • Early Modern Art

    Early Modern Art
    Rejection of history with conservative values and innovation and experimentation with form, shapes, colors.

  • Heroic Realism

    Heroic Realism
    Was used for propaganda.

  • Bauhaus

    Bauhaus
    It is an abstract painting with flat planes and over lapping shape.

  • Constructivism

    Constructivism
    Used in the industrial era in Russia.

  • Art Deco

    Art Deco
    It is comprised of simple clean geometric shapes.

  • Swiss

    Swiss
    Asymmetric layouts with clear and minimal visuals with use of photographs instead of illustrations.

  • Jackson Pollock

    Jackson Pollock
    Started the popularity of drip art.

  • Late Modern

    Late Modern
    Was popular in WWII the art was colorful and used in architecture.

  • Paul Rand

    Paul Rand
    Started to revolutionize the use of logos and the design of them

  • Pop Art

    Pop Art
    Was used in movies, comic books, and etc.

  • Leroy Winbush

    Leroy Winbush
    Worked in theatre and started to design advertisements for event, banks, and offices.

  • Psychedelic

    Psychedelic
    Colorful and very intricate designs.

  • Post Modern

    Post Modern
    This design is mainly seen in architecture.

  • Grunge

    Grunge
    Used for movie, game, and album covers.

  • Flat

    Flat
    Used mainly in websites and advertisements.

  • Cinemagraph

    Cinemagraph
    The use of movement in pictures.