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10,000 BCE
Pre Historic
-people have been drawing on cave walls since the beggining of human history
-early drawings were scratched, carved, and painted on to primative walls -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egypt
-egyptians decorated temple walls with hieroglyphics
-egyptian art used a flat, linear style -
3000 BCE
Ancient Greece
- Ancient greeks painted on vases
- drawings depicted battle scenes
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1500 BCE
Renaissance
- Drawing began to take the form that we recognize today during the renaissance
- Realistic depictions of the world began in this era
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Period: 1400 BCE to
Middle Ages
- most common paintings were religious
- monks used paintings to illustrate bible stories