World’s History Through Pictures

By Elizabeth Woods

World’s history encompasses the entire history of human race from early prehistory to present. Through the long history, there are so many timelines in all places on earth. Let\'s take a glimpse through the following pictures which describe the remarkable timelines of world’s history.

Cave of Lascaux

The Cave of Lascaux is well-known for its prehistoric paintings. The images show animals, hunts, and wars. The interesting fact of the picture can be described as: the hunts were drawn on the wall like a comic strip.

The stories are told from the left to the right, until the prey is captured.

Renaissance paintings

Renaissance is said to have started in the European civilization which marks the medieval period. In traditional sense, Renaissance is understood to be a zoom in the interest of classical learning and its values.

Sixteenth century witnessed the importance of artists and popular demand of movable pictures.

Photography

Louis Daguerre was a professional scene painter for the opera who had the leading intention about ways to keep the image still. Louis Daguerre formed partnership with Joseph Niepce to produce the first photographic image but the photographs quickly faded.

A few years later, Louis Daguerre himself developed “the daguerreotype” - a more convenient and effective method of photography.

Cinema

The first 49-second short “Danse Serpentine” captured a woman in very wide dress dancing on a wooden stage. Louis and Auguste Lumière successfully made flowing movements with ever changing, fascinating shapes.

The first 49-second short “Danse Serpentine” captured a woman in very wide dress dancing on a wooden stage.

The famous photo captured Lenin addressing his Red Army when they were about to go to the Polish front during the Russian Revolution.

During the summer of 1934, Philo Taylor Farnsworth (American inventor and television pioneer) together with Franklin Institute of Philadelphia conducted the first full scale demonstration of electronic television.

Charles Moore’s famous picture has strong impact on society. Captured during Birmingham Protests (1963), the sensible photo attributed significant influence to the Civil Rights movement.

Thanks to the development of photography, the whole world could graspe the ravages of Vietnam war.

The Hubble Space Telescope was sent to space in 2004 to site outside the filter of the Earth\'s atmosphere. Along with cosmological discoveries, Hubble captured visual revelations of the solar system with pinpoint clarity.

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