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Nic\u00e9phore Ni\u00e9pce's earliest surviving photograph of a scene from nature, circa 1826, "View from the Window at Le Gras," Saint-Loup-de-Varennes (France) on Wikipedia.org<\/p><\/div>\n

Art is about tradition but it is also about innovation. In no particular order, here is my short and selective list of things that changed the art world. What did I miss? Please add your favorite discoveries, pivotal events or influential characters in the comments space below.<\/p>\n

1. The Invention of Photography
\n<\/strong>From the first daguerreotypes<\/a>\u00a0in the early 19th\u00a0<\/span>century to today\u2019s digital technology enabling everyone to share and show their pictures, photography has challenged and altered how both amateur and professional artists think and go about documenting daily life. Photography continues to test the boundaries between art and science.<\/p>\n

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James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1874), Detroit Institute of Arts on Wikipedia.org<\/p><\/div>\n

2. Art in the Abstract
\n<\/strong>There will always be those who prefer art closely resembling its subject. However, the pioneering artists of the modernist movement<\/a> who first boldly rebelled against representational art created images that influenced both the cultural atmosphere of their time and all artists that followed.<\/p>\n

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Marina Abramovi\u0107 performing in "The Artist is Present" at the Museum of Modern Art, May 2010 on Wikipedia.org<\/p><\/div>\n

3.\u00a0Performance Art
\n<\/strong>What do you do as an artist when everything else has been done? You create a new artform that keeps reinventing itself, refusing to be defined. Part theater, part exhibition, in which the artist often becomes art in the very act of creation, performance art came into its own in the 1960s but had precursors decades earlier. It can be provocative, disturbing and confusing, but rarely boring.<\/p>\n

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Pietro Perugino's usage of perspective in this fresco at the Sistine Chapel (1481\u201382) on Wikipedia.org<\/p><\/div>\n

4.\u00a0A Matter of Perspective
\n<\/strong>Until artists of the 15th<\/span>\u00a0century started applying mathematics to their paintings, images sat on the surface without depth or dimension. Mastering techniques of perspective gave more realism to compositions, making them compelling convincing mirrors of our world and setting the standard for centuries to come.<\/p>\n

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Virtual Fine Art on Zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n

5. Art Goes Virtual
\n<\/strong>In recent times, we\u2019ve witnessed an incredible proliferation of virtual galleries and art markets on the Internet, bringing art to a wider audience than ever before. Of everything you can now enjoy or buy online, art was not the first to arrive, but it\u2019s here to stay, thanks to sites like Zatista<\/a>, where anyone can experience and purchase original art anytime, anywhere.<\/p>\n

Brian Sylvester is a guest blogger on WallSpin, and an artist on Zatista<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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