Art History The History Of Drawing

The History of DrawingDrawing I – Course 0104340Instructor: Dr. Brown

ObjectivesStudents 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 artisticdisciplines Discuss how drawing relates to the profession of painting and sculpture in ArtHistoryg usingg the lead pencil to render Identifyy the Art Movement that begandrawings Discuss the works of several 15th – 18th Century master-artists

CareersCthat requiredrawingskills Architectural Graphic Designer Drafters Engineers Master Carpenters AdvertisingAdvertising Illustrators Advertising Layout Artist Product Illustrator Visual Arts Instructor / Professor Free-lance Professional Studio Artist GraphicG hi DDesigni anddCCommunicationsi ti Book Illustrator CD /DVD Cover Illustrators Fashion Illustrator Fabric Designerg Video Game Designer Web designer Animation Artist Interior Designer 3D Craft Artists Set Designers Motion Picture and Theatre Costume Designers Editorial Illustrators Storyboard Illustrators Building Mural Designers

HISTORY OF DRAWING

The history of drawing is as old as the historyof humankind. People drew pictures evenbefore they learned how to write.write Drawinghelps man to communicate. Like other art forms, drawing has changed anddeveloped through history. Each new stylegrew out of the style that came before itit. Thisevolution of drawing styles closely parallels thedevelopment of painting. As drawing styleschanged, so did drawing materials.

PrehistoricAgeThe oldest known cave art was discovered in France, thepaintings 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 oxidesoxides.

AncientEgyptAncient Egyptians (beginning about 3000 B.C.) decorated thewalls of their temples and tombs with scenes of daily life. Thesedrawings had a flat, linear style. Their drawings depicted, Gods,animals,i l anddhhumans. ThThe idideas were oftenft didictatedt t dbby ththecurrent Pharaoh.

Greekdrawing(prior to 800B C ) wasB.C.)notrecorded onpaperpp orstone, buton potterysurfaces.These vases were oftendecorated with geometricdesigns and events of thetitime(lik wrestling(liketli andd otherthsports). The figures wereoften shown as silhouettes.After 500B.C. thesedrawings became morerealistic with naturalrealistic,proportions andattention to detatil.

Paper wasnot madein Europeuntil the1100's, andat first itwasexpensiveand difficultto obtain.Artists sometimes drew on prepared animal skins such asparchment or vellum.For centuries, artists made their preparatory drawings andpaintings on tablets made of slate, wood, or wax.Some painters made their preparatory drawings directly onthe panel or wall that was to be painted

Romanartists,about thetitimeoffChrist,drew andppaintedrealisticlikenessesin line andcolor onthe plasterwalls oftheirhomes.Many Roman and Baroque artists painted scenes from storiesand the “great scrolls”. Many of the reproduced art you see inBibles are mimicked from the Roman or Baroque style of art.

15thandCentury16thModerndrawing inEurope beganin the 1400'sin ItalyItaly, duringthe periodknown as theRenaissanceTh RTheRenaissanceiDuring the Renaissance, a special rebirth and love ofdrawing began.began Drawing came to be considered thefoundation for work in all the arts.Italian Renaissance (1400-1525)Flemish Renaissance ( 1440-1540)German Renaissance ((1440-1540)44 54 )High Renaissance (1500-1520)

Artt studentsAt d t firstfi t trainedt i d ini drawingdi beforeb fgoingi on tot painting,i tisculpture, or architecture.g this art movement,, the portrayalpy of the human figuregDuringbecame increasingly more realistic.The most prominent and wellknown uses of the GoldenRectangle /Golden Mean Ratio(3:5) in figure drawing, wasmathematician Leonardo Damathematician,Vinci.

Sandro BotticelliLorenzo Lotto

The eighteenthThi htth centurytkkeptt many artiststi t commissionedi id asportrait artists.Leonardo Da VinciRembrandt Van RijnSelf-Portrait

17th and 18thCentury (16001800)NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD (1770-1810)Manyy different stylesydevelopedp side byy side duringg the 1800's.Pencils were first manufactured early in the century. They becamethe preferred drawing tools of many artists.

The Neoclassic Movement was known for its high-mindedhigh-minded,intimate, and decorative art, which also portrayed the politicalideals of the time. Many nature drawings (plants, animals,landscapes, were produced during this period.Jacques-LouisJacquesLouis DavidGeorge Stubbs

Cubism1907 19201907-1920Futurism1909-1916Since the beginning of the 1900's, art has been liberated frompast traditions. This means that the definition of drawing hasalso been expanded. It can be almost anything an artist wishes itto be.beSurrealism1920-1940sAbstractAbt tExpressionism1940s-1950sPop Art1950s-1960sConceptual Art1960s 1970s1960s-1970sMinimal ee

Diego Rivera

Henri Matisse

Chidi OKoye

Jackson Pollock

After this presentation , you are required to write a one-page essay within thefirst week of school,, which should include the followingg information:1. Discuss why the art of drawing is the foundation to all other artistic disciplines2. Discuss how drawing relates to the profession of painting and sculpture in ArtHistory3. Discuss the Art Movement that began using the lead pencil to renderdrawings and how this tool may have impacted the subjects chosen forg duringg that period.drawings4. Briefly discuss the work of one of the 15th – 20thth Century master-artists andhow his or her work impacts you.

Drawing helps man to communicate. Like other art forms, drawing has changed and developed through history. Each new style grew out of the style that came before it This grew out of the style that came before it. This evolution of drawing styles closely parallels the development of painting. As drawing s