From past to today in the field of mechanical technical illustrations

From first cave paintings to digital platforms, people always look for sharing the knowledge. Transferring the ideas and thoughts with drawings is the main element of the visual arts. Illustration is plays vital role in transferring ideas and thoughts with visual way. As the topic of this thesis, technical illustrations are the important genre of illustrations. These illustrations require technical details and specialty in areas like mechanical and geology etc. First examples of technical illustrations appear in mechanical area. It has defining and instructive properties. With these properties it tells much more than an eye can see. It is easy to access a knowledge which requires studying from different aspects with just one technical illustration. Mere and easy-to-read language is used in technical illustrations. There can be imaginary visuals in the visuals. Main plot is to deliver knowledge in mere and universal language. People needed technical illustrations which describe product and machine to cover increasing industrial work in the Industrial Revolution. Technical details can be received by this kind of drawings. Technical drawings in mechanical aspect affected positively by, people's curiosity to understanding how things work around them. From Da Vinci to Inomoto lots of pioneers represented in this thesis.