Evolution of the Picture
Simple life, no pictures.
Early humans mark the walls of their caves with rocks and blood and dirt.
Pictures of antelope and bison and stories appear.
Hieroglyphs, symbols, letters all over the world.
Paintings and messages become more elaborate.
Realism and the Renaissance.
Pictures become vivid and lifelike.
Photography, film.
Color photographs, more efficient cameras.
First motion picture, the kinetograph.
Black and white silent movies.
Sound addition.
Cartoon animation.
Technicolor.
3D.
HD, Blue Ray.
Really good 3D.
Simulations of real life, tricking the senses.
Real life.
Simple life, no pictures.