Odysseus

History of Drawing by "Emma Sharifzadeh"

By Malachi Roldan
  • 30,000 BCE

    Pre-historic

    The earliest known drawings date back to 30,000-10,000 BCE, and were found on cave walls of Altamira, Spain and Lascaux, France, northern Spain and southern France.
  • Period: 30,000 BCE to

    History of Drawing "Emma Sharifzadeh"

  • 400

    Middle Ages

    Throughout the Middle Ages (400-1400CE), drawings were produced primarily to express religious messages and stories of the Bible.
  • 600

    Ancient Greece

    Even the Ancient Greeks have several lasting artifacts of their drawing.The vases and pottery that were drawn or painted on by Ancient Greeks exhibit their graceful, decorative use of drawing.
  • 1400

    Renaiassance

    Drawing began to take the form we recognize today during the Renaissance. In Italy, drawing became a recognized as a respectable art form because of the rise of the use of paper.

  • Baroque Period

    During the 1600's and 1700's, the Baroque period introduced a new style of drawing that included livelier forms with flowing lines.

  • 1800's and 1900's

    Innovation defines the advancements in the art form of drawing during this period. Pencils were first manufactured early in the 1800's and quickly became the most preferred drawing tools.

  • Abstract Expressionism

    a development of abstract art that originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression with particular emphasis on the creative spontaneous act (e.g., action painting). Leading figures were Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

  • OP Art

    a form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and color, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely are its most famous exponents.

  • Post-Modernism and Deconstruction

    Postmodernism was the name of a larger movement from the second half of the 20th century. Deconstruction was just one movement within Postmodernism.

  • Ancient Egypt

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