A (Really) Brief History of Illustration - Research

While I have already done a rough outline on the history of illustration (I however decided to shorten it the best I could and so excluded some techniques as well as the development of printing methods), I feel that I should write everything out again to better familiarize myself with it, most research have been extracted from Francesgo Mugnai's blog.

1. Cave paintings are considered to be the first illustrations ever created
2. Woodblock Printing was developed in 200 AD in Asia
3. Before the 15th Century, books were hand illustrated. (Eg, from 476 AD to 1492 AD, there were the medieval illustrations that accompanied manuscripts)
4. Intaglio Printing (1430), copper or zinc was used
5. Woodcutting (1439), printing of the first book, The Bible.
6. Etching and Engraving (16th and 17th Century)
7. Lithography (1796)
8. Chromolithography (1837)
9. Wood Engraving (Start of 19th Century)
10. Daumier was a renowned illustrator of the first fifty years of the 19th century, using techniques such as lithography and xylography. Beginning to paint when he was going blind. He illustrated for magazines such as La Silhouette and La Caricature
11. The second half of the 19th century was the golden age of Victorian Illustration as well as American Illustration
12. Notable illustrators include: Alphonse Mucha, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, Paul Christophe Gustave Dore, George Du Marier, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Phil May (The Father of the British Illustration)
13. For the first 40 years of the 20th century, while books had become very expensive, there was a huge market for children books
14. Posters became an important medium for advertising
15. Commercial screen printing would be introduced in the early 1910s (Screen Printing was first invented in China during the Song Dynasty (960-1979 AD), it was introduced to Western Europe in the late 18th century but did not gain large acceptance until silk mesh was more available for trade from the east)
16. Artistic influences: Art Noveau, Japanese art, Art Deco, Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dadaists, De Stijl (Neo-Plasticism), Surrealism and Harlem Renaissance (In America)
17. Notable illustrators during that period include: Howard Pyle (The Father of the American Illustration), Beatrix Potter, Jean de Brunhoff, Howard Chandler Christy, James Montgomery Flagg, Ernest Shepard, Maurits Escher
18. From 1940 to 1970, artistic influences of the period: Abstract Expressionism, Postwar Expressionism in Europe, Pop Art, Op Art, Color Field Painting and/or Conceptual Art, Performance Art, Photorealism, Minimalism and Neoromantic 
19. Notable illustrators include: Normal Rockwell, Thornton Utz, Peter Blake, Dr Seuss, Victor Moscoso, Robert Crumb, Rowland Emett
20. From the 70s onward, the advertising industry continues to grow
21. Posters and magazines continue to stay popular
22. Artistic influences of the period: Performance Art, Photorealism, Post-Modernism, Techno-Impressionism
23. Notable illustrators include: Chris Foss, Gerald Scarfe, Ian Pollock, Jean Michel Folon, Jan Piekowski, Maurice Sendak and Phillip Castle
24. The 90s were the scenario for the Postmodern Art. The Postmodern style came from sources in the 50s
25. There are some industries of Illustration which have survived through the decades, for example, Disney and DC Comics.
26. Notable Illustrators: Too many (Opportunity for this animator to choose her own favorites, though a variety should be considered)

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