A Global History of Art

(click: ?page)[==You open your eyes. (click: ?page)[==You are a being with the gift of vision. (click: ?page)[==You look at your two hands. (click: ?page)[==They are what facilitate your interaction with the world. (click: ?page)[==They allow you to eat or to wave at your friends. (click: ?page)[==Thanks to them you can do a lot of things and live confortably. (click: ?page)[==But you feel that (text-style:"wavy-underline")[something] is missing in your life. (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[(click: ?page)[==[[Try to discover what -> start]]] (set: $artworks to (a:))

Things around you: =|= [[Stone]] O =|= [[Tree]] Y =|= [[Friend]] :) |==| (print: $artworks) (if:$artworks's length >= 3)[You have nice things!] (if:$artworks's length >= 10)[Plenty of nice things!!] (if:$artworks's length >= 15)[Your room is the coolest!!! But it is a bit a mess, maybe you should clean it...] (if:$artworks's length >= 7)[ //[[learn more]]// ]

Here is a nice stone [[knock it against another stone -> knock]] [[use a tool on it -> hacking]]

This is a a person you appreciate, it is a friend! [[You want to speak with your friend -> blablabla]] [[Your friend makes comfy clothing. You are their biggest fan. You even have a nice hat from them. This time you want to help -> help friend]] (if:$artworks contains " pigments")[ [[You want to say hello, but as a different //you// -> body paint]] ]

[[take some berries -> berries]] [[take some branches -> wood]]

[[∴ knock ⁙ knock ⁛ knock ⁘ -> small knock]] or [[KNOCK!!! ░▒▓█ ''⋇'' -> pieces]]

The stone has now a nice pattern on it (click: ?page)[ You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[ornaments]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" ornamentation")) ]

Ooh, the nice stone broke into pieces... It isn't nice anymore... ... Can you fix it? Let's put it together It doesn't really work [[Maybe make a nice something else with it? -> mosaïcs]]

ooooh berries! [[Smash them -> pigment]] [[Set them on fire -> culinary art]]

You have a nice piece of wood [[Use a tool on it -> hacking]] (if:$artworks contains " pigments")[ [[You decide to put some color on it -> painting]] ]

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You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[mosaïcs]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" mosaïcs"))

(click: ?page)[==(text-rotate-z:350)[Hack] \ (click: ?page)[==(text-rotate-z:20)[Hack] \ (click: ?page)[==(text-style:"rumble")[hack]\ (click: ?page)[==(text-style:"rumble")[hack]\ (click: ?page)[==(text-style:"rumble")[hack]\ (click: ?page)[==[ HACK!] (click: ?page)[== The shape is changing each time you hack. (click: ?page)[== Its new shape make you think of something. (click: ?page)[== [[It looks like ... ? -> sculpture ]]

You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[sculpture]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" sculpture"))

It doesn't look like berries anymore... But is has a nice (text-colour:#db4d86)[''color''] (click: ?page)[ You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[pigments]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" pigments")) ]

Food is nice, but this tastes even greater! (click: ?page)[ You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[culinary art]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" culinary art")) ]

A wild (text-colour:#db4d86)[colored you] appears! (click: ?page)[ You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[body paint]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" body paint")) ]

You tell them about the animal you saw yesterday. (click-replace: "animal")[big animal] (click-replace: "big animal")[really big animal] (click-replace: "big animal")[big scary animal] (click-replace: "saw")[fought] (click-replace: "fought")[tamed] (click-replace: "fought")[tried to have a conversation with] (click-replace: "yesterday")[at night] (click-replace: "at night")[under the full moon] (click-replace: "full moon")[under a scary red full moon ... your friend looks you with big eyes ] (click: "your friend looks you with big eyes")[(goto:'story')] [[You are tired to find words, but still want to speak -> music]]

You help their friend moving things and cleaning. You are tired, but without you your friend couldn't have done all that. They give you a [[ piece of cloth -> cloth ]] to thank you.

You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[storytelling]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" story")) [[That was nice, but wat about your friend? -> play]]

... (click: ?page)[==Instead of words you choose to just make sounds. (click: ?page)[==But nice sounds. (click: ?page)[==Like a bird. (click: ?page)[ You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[music]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" music piece")) ]

It is a nice cloth. It is square shaped. You can't wear that. You don't know how to make clothes. [[Stick it in your hat -> fashion]] [[Stick it on a wall -> interior design]] (if:$artworks contains " pigments")[ [[You decide to put some color on it -> painting]] ]

Your friend takes a hat with beast ears. (click: ?page)[==They also put on a cape from fur. (click: ?page)[==Oh no! (click: ?page)[==A big animal! (click: ?page)[==Both of you run in [[circles -> dance]] and have a lot of [[fun -> perform]]

Ýou both made a lot of noise. Other people hear you and came check if everything is fine. You haven't been eaten yet by your scary friend. The other people enjoy this funny fight. They wonder how this will [[end -> theater]]?

You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[theater]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" theater piece"))

You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[fashion]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" fashion"))

You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[interior design]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" interior design"))

You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[painting]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" painting"))

You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[dancing]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" dance choreography"))

You made a lot of small knocks. [[It make nice sounds -> music1]] [[It make nice patterns -> ornaments]]

You discovered, (text-style:"wavy-underline")[music]! (align:"=><=")+(box:"X")[[[That was a good day, you go home happy -> start]] ] (set: $artworks to it + (a:" music piece"))

You enjoyed making new things. Are these things memorable for other people? Should you make a lot of them so that your artistic touch survives time? What are the factors that decide if: - they will be preservated in archives? - they will be displayed in a museum? - they will be in canons and timelines? To learn more about these questions in the field of art history: video (English, long) video (Dutch, short) (click: "video (English, long)")[(goto-url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBUz3B1yyxo")] (click: "video (Dutch, short)")[(goto-url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og9IY2uLlfc")]