History of Drawing- Isaiah Gutierrez

By Malachi Roldan
  • 30,000 BCE

    Early Cave Drawings

    Earliest known drawings dating back to 30,000 to 10,000 BCE, they're located on the walls of caves in France and Spain.
  • 3001 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Temples and tombs of Egyptians were decorated with carved scenes, depicting daily life, hieroglyphics, or religious figures.
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egypt pt.2

    Egyptians used papyrus for drawing, a paper like material found along the Nile river. They used a flat, linear style.
  • 1000 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece also provided some examples of early drawing, usually through pottery. Some salvaged pottery can be seen with illustrations of battles and myths.
  • 400

    Middle Ages

    During the middle ages, religious messages and stories from the bible were very commonly used in drawings. People primarily used wood and wax for drawings, due to its inexpensiveness.
  • 400

    Middle Ages pt.2

    Artist also used model books that provided images of the human figure, or subjects from nature. This meant that they no longer needed to use live models.
  • 1300

    The Renaissance era

    After the invention of paper in 1100 CE, art increasingly became more and more popular. Painting, sculpting, and architecture would be used for countless purposes. Scientist became more interested in creating realistic depictions of the world. This era gave birth to some of histories most renowned artist such as da Vinci, and Bosch.
  • 1301

    The Renaissance era pt.2

    Wealthy families usually had pieces of portraiture, and artist began to make money off of commission from their art. Artist soon began to place personal monograms on their work.

  • Baroque period

    Livelier forms with flowing lines had been introduced, and other methods of art made way such as water color, and ink washes. New techniques such as counter reformation and open composition were also being experimented with.

  • 1800's to 1900's

    This was a time of innovation for art.The first pencils were being manufactured, and artist quickly preferred it as a drawing tool. Ingres and Goya were the principle artist for this new tool. Artist started to push for new ideas, giving birth to movements such as impressionism, cubism, and expressionism, and fauvism.