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Watercolor techniques started evolving with the invention of paper by the Chinese shortly after 100 AD. Papermaking was introduced to Spain by the conquering Moors in the 12th century and spread to ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer decades later. Some of the oldest paper manufactures include FabrianoFabriano town and comune of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at 43°20N 12°54E, at 325 m (1066 ft) above sea-level. It lies in the Esino valley 44 km (27 mi) upstream and SW of Jesi; and 15 km ENE of Fossato di Vico and 36 km (22 mi) E, Italy, opened in 1276Events January 21 Innocent V elected Gregory X's successor as Pope March 9 Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City June Rudolph I of Germany declares war on Ottokar II, king of Bohemia July 11, Adrian V elected Innocent V's successor as Pope John XXI succe, and Arches, France, opened in 1492Events January 2 Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. March 30 Ferdinand and Isabella sign a decree aimed at expelling all Jews from Spain unless they convert to Roman.
The forerunner of watercolor painting was buon fresco paintingXIV Century fresco featuring Saint Sebastian Note: Fresco is the NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. In painting, the term fresco (pl. frescoes comes from the Italian phrase buon fresco ("really fresh") a technical term in opposition to in: wall-painting using watercolor paints on wet plasterThis article is about the building material. For the adhesive medical dressing, see Sticking plaster. Plaster of Paris or simply plaster is a type of building material based on calcium sulfate hemihydrate, nominally (CaSO). It is created by heating gypsum. Probably the most famous example of buon fresco is the Sistine ChapelThe Sistine Chapel is a religious chapel and one of the most famous artistic treasures of the Vatican, built between 1475 and 1483, in the time of Pope Sixtus IV della Rovere. It is known worldwide both for being the hall in which conclaves and other offi, begun in 1508Events Births Primoz Trubar, the author of the first printed book in Slovenian Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva Jean Daurat November 30 Andrea Palladio Deaths May 27 Ludovico Sforza, former Duke of Milan. Isaac Abrabanel (also called Isaac Abravan and completed in 1514.
The earliest known use of this technique was by the Italian Renaissance painter Raffaello Santi ( 1483- 1520), who painted some full-scale cartoons as precursors for some tapestry designs.
In Germany, Albrecht Dürer ( 1471- 1528) painted in watercolor in the 15th century. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was led by Hans Bol ( 1534- 1593) and was much influenced by Dürer's creations.
Other famous artists have used watercolor painting to supplement their work with oil paint, including Van Dyck ( 1599- 1641), Thomas Gainsborough ( 1727- 1788), and John Constable ( 1776- 1837).
In 18th century Britain Paul Sandby ( 1725- 1809) was called the father of British watercolor.
Someone having better knowledge of art has to write about watercolor evolution after the 18th century
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