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15,000 BCE
Lascaux Caves
Earliest form of art, and first use of pictures to convey meaning. -
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Ts’ai Lun
Invented modern paper. -
1450
Johannes Gutenberg & The Printing Press
Allowed for the mass production of books and manuscripts. -
Victorian
People began to decorate their homes with art. -
Chromolithography
First method of colored printing. Allowed for colored designs to be printed. -
Arts & Crafts Movement
Combined fine art and crafts and pushed for them to be considered the same level. -
Art Nouveau
Very ornamental and decorative art. It is found extensively in architecture. -
Futurism
A very geometric style of design. Focused on the future and giving designs lots of energy. -
Vienna Workshop
Colorful and cartoonish art style Thant encouraged artist to let their designs be free. -
Early Modern
Subjective art with conservative values that encouraged artist to explore new areas of design. -
Heroic Realism
Art made to create morale and patriotism which was very realistic and caused a movement towards more realistic art. -
Bauhaus
A very balanced style that tried to combine fine arts and crafts. Created very minimalistic but effective art and designs often found in architecture. -
Constructivism
Russian movement that reflected on modern industrialization. -
Art Deco
A change to modernism to make it more fashionable featuring lots of bright colors and symmetry. -
Swiss
A style that focused most on using images to create art instead of illustration. -
Jackson Pollock
Created incredible drip paintings and helped to create abstract expressionism. -
Late Modern
A change to modernism that focused on idealistic and theoretical natures. -
Paul Rand
Created and designed many famous logo and his principles for designing them are still used today. -
Pop Art
Art featuring vibrant and unique designs meant to appeal to the youth -
Leroy Winbush
An African American artist who used his abilities to promote equality. -
Psychedelic
Very overwhelming and colorful art with an emphasis on making the art free. -
Post Modern
A contemporary art style that used subjectivism and relativism. Many styles have roots in the post modern style -
Grunge
Art that is meant to look incomplete and unfinished. It was used in lots of album covers and created a completely knew style. -
Flat
A style with clear designs that is meant to look flat having no3D affects. -
Cinemagraph
A new style of design that uses video and moving images like GIFs.
