The history of drawing

By jullia in Articles

Drawing.. what’s the importance of drawing? How simple is it? Does it has a practical role, or just an artistic one? People began drawing from the pre-historical period, and it was a way of communication, and among the years it’s main role remained the communication, the visual one.

I just discovered the BBC documentary named “The secret of drawing” – four part series, presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, which explores how drawing has shaped our lives. I really recommend this documentary! See it in the videos bellow.

A friend from UK, Roy Simmons, recommended me a very interesting website DocuWatch – a website full with videos about art. If you are interested into art history, I would also recommend you the Smarthistory.org � which is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook.

Now, the more I learn about drawing, the more I realize I know so little..

Part 1: “The Line of Enquiry”

Part 2: “Storylines”

Part 3 – “All in the mind”:

Part 4: “Drawing by Design”