Writing spread over the world from there via a process of cultural diffusion

Mesopotamia (between 3400 and 3100 BC), Egypt (around 3250 BC were the places where writing flourished, and lowland areas of Southern Mexico and Guatemala (by 500 BC) were the places where writing flourished

Limestone Kish tablet from Sumer with pictographic writing; may be the earliest known writing

Picture writing system: glyphs (simplified pictures) directly represent objects and concepts

The hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt

Oldest known cave painting in the world.

Magura Cave

Date: 6300 BC – 3000 BC

Location: Bulgaria

When and where did the rococo style begin?

Rococo artists primarily painted what type of scenes?

He was the first rococo painter and considered as the father of rococo painting

What cave paintings teach us about life back then?

Rococco derives from the word Rocaille which means rock and shell garden ornamentation.

Antoine Watteau's The Scale of Love

Jean-Honoré Fragonard's The Progress of Love: Love Letters

View on the Cannaregio Canal, Venice

1829 the term rococo was first used in print, to describe decoration which was "out of style and old-fashioned

HE published the Premier Livre de forme rocquaille et carte

Italy Rococo painting in general was characterized by easygoing, lighthearted treatments of courtship themes, rich and delicate brushwork, a relatively light tonal key, and sensuous coloring.

Style employed by rococo painters also reflected the tendencies of society.