From Cave Paintings to the Internet A Chronological and Thematic Database on the History of Information and Media Art and Science, Medicine, Technology Outline

The Portland Vase: Classical Conoisseurship, Influence, Destruction & Conservation
(30 BCE – 25 CE)

The Earliest Egyptian Printed Cloth
(Circa 350 CE)

Probably the Most Beautiful of the Earliest Surviving Scientific Codices
(Circa 512)

The Naples Dioscorides
(Circa 625)

The Earliest Known Star Atlas
(649 – 684)

Construction of the First Camera Obscura
(1012 – 1021)

A Graphic Portrayal of 12th Century Life in Italy and Sicily
(1196)

The Suanpan
(Circa 1200)

The Portfolio of Villard de Honnecourt
(Circa 1230)

The Earliest Depiction of Eyeglasses in a Painted Work of Art
(1352)

The First English Patent for an Invention
(1449)

The First Printed Book on Technology with the First Woodcuts on a Scientific or Technological Subject
(1472)

Leonardo Builds a Programmable Mechanical Automaton
(1478)

Leonardo's Anatomical Drawings
(Circa 1485 – 1516)

The First Medical Book with Anatomical Illustrations
(July 26, 1491)

The First Illustrated Edition of Vitruvius
(May 22, 1511)

The First Work Since the Time of Galen to Show Original Anatomical Information Based upon Personal Investigation and Observation
(1521)

Interpreting Roman Architecture in the Language of the Renaissance
(July 15, 1521)

A Condensation of his Commentaria
(1522)

The Aesthetic Anatomy of Human Proportion
(1528)

First Accurate, Detailed Woodcuts of Plants Taken Directly from Nature
(1530 – 1536)

The First Significant Book on the Anatomy of the Head
(1536 – 1537)

With Self-Portraits of the Artists
(1542)

Unprecedented Blending of Scientific Exposition, Art and Typography
(June 1543)

A Condensation or Road-Map to the Fabrica
(June 1543)

Erotic Images Made Acceptable by their Adaptation for Medical Purposes
(1545)

Renaissance Surgery and Graphic Arts
(1545)

The First Edition of Vesalius Published in England
(October 1545 – 1553)

Classic of Mannerist Book Illustration and Printing
(June 28, 1560)

The Eustachian Tube and Many Other Discoveries
(1563 – 1564)

Renaissance Information Retrieval Device
(1588)

Moving the Obelisk
(1590)

The First Book Devoted Exclusively to the Structure of an Animal Other than Man
(1598)

Images of Revolutionary Discoveries Concerning the Universe
(March 1610)

At Attempt to Record All Human Knowledge in Visual Form
(Circa 1625 – 1665)

The First Extensive Moon Atlas
(1647)

Graphic Portrayal of the Hitherto Unknown Microcosm
(1665)

Anatomy in the Style of Dutch Still-Life Painting
(1685)

Reflecting Surrealism Centuries Before Surrealism Became Fashionable
(1701 – 1725)

Newton's Opticks
(1704)

Invention of Color Printing
(1719)

Possibly the First Color-Printed Mezzotint Published
(1721)

First Use of Color Printing in a Medical or Scientific Book
(1736)

The Cool, Elegant Aesthetic of Anatomy
(1747)

Anatomy for Artists including Fantastical Elements
(1779)

Operations of a French Enlightenment Printing Shop Depicted
(Circa 1782)

Curtis's The North American Indian
(1907 – 1930)

"Ridgway Colors"
(1912)

"Can Man Build a Superman?"
(January 23, 1950)

Perhaps the First Computer-Controlled Aesthetic System
(1953)

The First to Draw the Human Body Using a Computer
(1964)

The First Book on Computer Graphics
(1965)

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age
(1968)

The First Serious Exhibition of Computer Art
(August 2 – October 20, 1968)

Fractals
(1975)

The First Digital Image Database of Cultural Materials
(1987)

The Digital Michelangelo Project
(1998)

Pixar at MOMA
(December 14, 2005)

The First Magazine Cover Created as iPhone Art
(June 1, 2009)

Discovery of Unknown Portrait by Leonardo Confirmed by a Fingerprint
(October 13, 2009)

David Hockney's iPhone Art
(October 22, 2009)