Art History The History of Drawing

The History of Drawing
Objectives Students will: Discuss and be able to list at least four careers that require drawing skills Discover how the art of drawing is the foundation to all other artistic disciplines Discuss how drawing relates to the profession of painting and sculpture in Art History Identify the Art Movement that began using the lead pencil to render drawings Discuss the works of several 15th - 18th Century master-artists
Careers that require drawing skills
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HISTORY OF DRAWING
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The history of drawing is as old as the history of humankind. People drew pictures even before they learned how to write. D raw in g h elp s m an to com m u n icate. Like other art forms, drawing has changed and developed through history. Each new style
grew out of the style that came before it. This

evolution of drawing styles closely parallels the
development of painting. As drawing styles changed, so did drawing materials.
The oldest known cave art was discovered in France, the paintings of which may be 35,000 years old.
Images were often animals created with charcoal and Ochre. Ochres are among the earliest pigments used by mankind, derived from naturally tinted clay containing mineral oxides.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians (beginning about 3000 B.C.) decorated the walls of their temples and tombs with scenes of daily life. These drawings had a flat, linear style. Their drawings depicted, Gods, animals, and humans. The ideas were often dictated by the current Pharaoh.
Greek drawing (prior to 800 B.C.) was not recorded on paper u b , e n o t s n or o poltery surfaces. These vases were often decorated with geometric designs and events of the time (like wrestling and other sports). The figures were often shown as silhouettes.
After 500B.C. these drawings became more realistic, with natural proportions and attention to detatil.
Paper was not made in Europe until the 1100's, and a t f i r s w a s e x p n s i v e a n d difficult to obtain
Artists sometimes drew on prepared animal skins such as parchment or vellum.
For centuries, artists made their preparatory drawings and paintings on tablets made of slate, wood, or wax. Some painters made their preparatory drawings directly on the panel or wall that was to be painted
Roman artists, about the time of Christ, drew a nd painted likenesses in line n and r l o c the plaster walls of their hom es.
Many Roman and Baroque artists painted scenes from stories and the great scrolls. Many of the reproduced art you see in Bibles are mimicked from the Roman or Baroque style of art.
15th and 16th Century
The Renaissance
During the Renaissance, a special rebirth and love of drawing began. Drawing came to be considered the foundation for work in all the arts.
odern drawina in Europei 'sbegan 0 4 1 e h t n
Italian Renaissance (1400-1525) Flemish Renaissance ( 1440-1540) German Renaissance (1440-1540) High Renaissance (1500-1520)
in italy, during the period known as the Renaissance
Art students first trained in drawing before going on to painting, sculpture, or architecture. During this art movement, the portrayal of the human figure became increasingly more realistic.
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The most prominent and well known uses of the Golden Rectangle /Golden Mean Ratio (3:5) in figure drawing, was mathematician, Leonardo Da Vinci.
Sandro Botticelli
Lorenzo Lotto
The eighteenth century kept many artists commissioned as portrait artists.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Rembrandt Van Rijn Self-Portrait
17th and 18th Century (1600 1800)
NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD (1770-1810)

Many different styles developed side by side during the 1800's. Pencils were first manufactured early in the century. They became the preferred drawing tools of many artists.
The Neoclassic Movement was known for its high-minded, intimate, and decorative art, which also portrayed the political ideals of the time. Many nature drawings (plants, animals, landscapes, were produced during this period.
Jacques-Louis David
George Stubbs
Cubism 1907-1920 Futurism 1909-1916 Surrealism 1920-1940s a b s t r a c t -e x p r e s s i o n i s m 1 9 4 0 s -1 9 6 0 s .
Since the beginning of the 1900's, art has been liberated from past traditions. This means that the definition of drawing has also been expanded. It can be almost anything an artist wishes it
1950s-p t1960s r a o Conceptual Art 1 960s-1970sJ| Minimal Art 1960s-1980s NeoExpressionism 1970s-1980s
Picasso
Klee
Diego Rivera
Henri Matisse
Chidi OKoye
Jackson Pollock
After this presentation , you are required to write a one-page essay within the first week of school, which should include the following information: 1. Discuss why the art of drawing is the foundation to all other artistic disciplines 2. Discuss how drawing relates to the profession of painting and sculpture in Art History 3. Discuss the Art Movement that began using the lead pencil to render drawings and how this tool may have impacted the subjects chosen for drawings during that period. 4. Briefly discuss the work of one of the 15th - 20thth Century master-artists and how his or her work impacts you.

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What careers require drawing skills?

How has drawing evolved over time?

The History of Drawing

Careers that require drawing skills

grew out of the style that came before it. This

development of painting. As drawing styles changed, so did drawing materials.

Artists sometimes drew on prepared animal skins such as parchment or vellum.

15th and 16th Century

odern drawina in Europei 'sbegan 0 4 1 e h t n

in italy, during the period known as the Renaissance

The eighteenth century kept many artists commissioned as portrait artists.

Rembrandt Van Rijn Self-Portrait

17th and 18th Century (1600 1800)

NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD (1770-1810)

Cubism 1907-1920 Futurism 1909-1916 Surrealism 1920-1940s a b s t r a c t -e x p r e s s i o n i s m 1 9 4 0 s -1 9 6 0 s .

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