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30,000 BCE
Pre-historic
People began drawing since the beginning of human history. in fact, drawing provides some of our oldest accounts of our ancestors. -
3000 BCE
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greeks have many lasting artifacts of their drawing. The vases and pottery that were drawn or painted on by Ancient Greeks exhibit their gracefulm decorative use of drawing. -
3000 BCE
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. Similar drawings have also been found drawn with ink on Egyptian papyrus, a paper-like material made from the papyrus plant that grew along the Nile River. -
Dec 24, 1400
Middle Ages
Drawings were produced primarily to express relious messages and stores of the bible. Monks used drawing and painting to illustrate Bibles and prayer books for royal and wealthy families. Drawing became primarily a preparatory stage in creating paintings, rather than a finished product, so very few still survive in museums and art collections today. -
Jan 1, 1503
Renaissance
Drawing began to take the form we know today. In Italy, drawing became recognized as a respectable art form because of the rise of the use of paper. drawing became the foundation of all art work; art students were trained in drawing before their training in other forms of art- painting, sculpture, or architecture -
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Baroque Period
This art form was more livelier with flowing lines. Water color and ink washes started being used. -
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1800's and 1900's
Innovation defines the advancements of this time periods in art form of drawing. pencils were first manufactured early in the 19th century and quickly became the most preferred drawing tools.