DK - Art Year by Year: A Visual History, from Cave Paintings to Street Art

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DK DELHI Senior Art Editor Vikas Chauhan Project Editor Neha Ruth Samuel Project Art Editors Sanjay Chauhan, Heena Sharma Editorial Te am Shatarupa Chaudhuri, Upamanyu Das, Janashree Singha Art Editor Sifat Fatima Project Picture Researcher Aditya Katyal Picture Research Manager Ta iyaba Khatoon Managing Editor Kingshuk Ghoshal Managing Art Editor Govind Mittal DTP Designers Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Production Editor Anita Y adav Pre-production Manager Balwant Singh Production Manager Pankaj Sharma Jacket Designer Juhi Sheth Senior Jackets Coordinator Priyanka Sharma Saddi DK LONDON Senior Editor Pauline Savage Senior Art Editor Sheila Collins Senior US Editor Megan Douglass US Executive Editor Lori Hand Managing Editor Francesca Baines Managing Art Editor Philip Letsu Senior Production Controller Sian Cheung Jacket Design Development Manager Sophia MTT Publisher Andrew Macintyre Associate Publishing Director Liz Wheeler Art Director Karen Self Publishing Director Jonathan Metcalf First American Edition, 2022 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 1745 Broadway , 20th Floor , New Y ork, NY 10019 Copyright 2022 Dorling Kindersley Limited DK, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC 22 23 24 25 26 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001314318Nov/2022 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under the copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic,mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written perm ission of the copyright owner . Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-7440-6012-6 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 1745 Broadway , 20th Floor , New Y ork, NY 10019 SpecialSales@dk.com Printed and bound in Hong Kong For t he cur io us www.dk.com This book was made with Forest Stewardship Council certied paper one small step in DKs commitment to a sustainable future. For more information go to www. dk.com/our-green-pledge Established in 1846, the Smithsonian is the worlds largest museum and research complex, dedicated to public education, national service, and scholarship in the arts, sciences, and history . It include s 21 museums and galleries and the National Zool ogical Park. The total number of artifacts, work s of art, and specimens in the Smithsonians collection is estimated at 155.5 million.

Written by Alice Bowden, Peter Chrisp, Kate Devine, Edward Dickenson, Bethan Durie, Dr . Cynthia Fischer , and Justine W illis Consultant Dr. Cynthia Fischer YEAR B Y YE AR SMITHSONIAN

c. 7 0,000 bce c. 1 0,000 bce 10 P rehistoric cave art c. 1 0,000 bce 3000 bce 14 0001550 bce 16 A nimals in art 18 550500 bce 20 A journey through the underworld 22 00100 bce 24 Mosaic battle scene 26 bce ce 28 300500 Traveling through time The earliest art in this book was created a long time ago. Some dates have bce and ce after them. These are short for before the Common Era and Common Era. The Common Era began with the birth of Jesus. Where the exact date of an event is not known, the letter c is used. This is short for the La tin word circa , meaning about, and indicates that the date is approximate . 32 500650 34 650800 36 M aya rituals 38 800900 40 9001000 Children in art 44 10001100 The story of a conquest 48 11001200 50 12001300 History in pictures 54 13001400 14001420 Myths and sacred stories 14201440 14401460 A divine message 14601480 Spot the artist! 14801500 15001520 A n uncontrollable blaze 15201540 A political portrait 15401560 F olktales and sayings 15601580 15801600 c . 0,000 bce ce 5001400 14001600

16001630 Hunting for demons 16301660 16601680 A springtime story 16801700 Krishnas kindness 17001730 17301760 Self-portraits 17601780 Candlelight experiments 17801800 18001820 Dance in art 18201830 18301840 Hokusais ocean 18401850 18501860 Changing times 18601870 A chilling scene 18701880 An afternoon party 18801890 Still life 18901900 19001910 19101920 Blending reality and fantasy 19201930 Human sculptures 19301940 19401960 Uniting cultures 19601970 19701980 Day and night 19801990 19902000 Painting Black history 20002020 What happens next? 16001800 18001900 1900present

From the earlie st time s, people have expre sse d themselve s through simple de sign s on rocks an d dra wings on cave walls. Early human s crea te d color s from eart h and charcoal, an d used them to paint vivid pict ures of the animals they hunt ed. From c. 0,000 b , people set tled in small communitie s and egan making paint ed pot s and va se s. Around c. ,000 b , the rise of the r st grea t civiliza tion s rought rillian tly de taile d wall pain tings an d sculpture s, and eautifully craf ted oject s, made to decora te p alaces , temples , and tom s. The se give a fa scina ting in sight in to the customs, religious elief s, an d ar tistic ailitie s of tho se who live d thousan ds of year s ago. bce ce

bce bce 70,000 70,000 bce bce c. 70,000 bce c. 43,000 bce c. 38,000 bce Original design The worlds oldes t-known drawinga pat tern scrat ched on a lump of ocher rockwas found in the Blombo s Cave in South Africa. The earlie st ar t was purely decorat ive and did not s how object s and crea ture s. Wild art This paint ing of a wild pig from a cave in Indone si a is the r st known ins tance of art that shows somet hing from the real world. Early people survived by hun ting wild animals for food, an d so thes e were the mos t common sub ject of early cave paint ings. The lion man Found in the Hohlens tein-St adel cave in southern Germany , this gure has the body of a man but the head and shoulder s of a lion. It is the earlie st work of art showing a being from the human imaginat ion, rat her than the real world. Made from th e tusk of a mammot h, it took over 400 hour s to carve, using only simple stone tools to shape the hard ivory . Life-size wall painting of a wild pig, Indonesia Engraved rock, South Africa The lions ears are alert. Crosshatch pattern Lion Man of Hohlenstein- Stadel, Germany Hand stencils are the mo st common form of cave art around the world, an d may have been a signat ure a way for people to leave their mark on place s. They were made by pre ss ing one hand again st the cave wall and blow ing a color pigment over and arou nd it through a hollow bone or reed tube. HAND STENCILS Cave of hands Argent ina s Cave of the Hands has hand stencils tha t ha ve been made over tho usands of year s. Almos t every available space in the cave is covered with them.