The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. - Winston Churchill
About the Timeline Staircase Posters
Why Were These Timeline Posters Made?
The Timeline Staircase Posters came about out of necessity. As an Art Teacher at a classical school, I needed an Art History Timeline that showed the pivotal masterpieces of art, architecture, and sculpture from Prehistoric Times to the present. I needed the historical contexts and events alongside the masterworks in an easy to understand format. I looked at and bought so many different timelines over the years but I didn't find one that was very useful to me and my students. Since 'necessity is the mother of invention', I decided to make what I needed. I had two goals in mind:
1. The Timeline needed to be so rich in information that it would be a useful reference for me everyday in my classroom.
2. The poster had to look good hanging up in my parent's home.
The Art History Timeline poster shows 5000+ years of Recorded History when recorded history began. Recorded History is defined as what most scholars agree is the period when people started writing things down using cuneiform and hieroglyphics around 3,400 years ago. Prehistoric literally means 'the time before written or recorded history'. This timeline poster does not address any of the evolution or creation debates, just several famous cave paintings from the Prehistoric times.
The Timeline Staircase Posters came about out of necessity. As an Art Teacher at a classical school, I needed an Art History Timeline that showed the pivotal masterpieces of art, architecture, and sculpture from Prehistoric Times to the present. I needed the historical contexts and events alongside the masterworks in an easy to understand format. I looked at and bought so many different timelines over the years but I didn't find one that was very useful to me and my students. Since 'necessity is the mother of invention', I decided to make what I needed. I had two goals in mind:
1. The Timeline needed to be so rich in information that it would be a useful reference for me everyday in my classroom.
2. The poster had to look good hanging up in my parent's home.
The Art History Timeline poster shows 5000+ years of Recorded History when recorded history began. Recorded History is defined as what most scholars agree is the period when people started writing things down using cuneiform and hieroglyphics around 3,400 years ago. Prehistoric literally means 'the time before written or recorded history'. This timeline poster does not address any of the evolution or creation debates, just several famous cave paintings from the Prehistoric times.
The staircase format shows a unique way of organizing historical events. The masterpieces of art, architecture, sculpture are right along side pivotal historical events and people to show context and historical sequence. The illustrations are hand drawn on scratch board.
Artist, historical researcher, and educator Tracy Boberg Nichols spent years designing, researching, and illustrating these Art and World History Timeline Posters.
Artist, historical researcher, and educator Tracy Boberg Nichols spent years designing, researching, and illustrating these Art and World History Timeline Posters.