- Sources used in the construction of the timelines include:
- Content
- Irving Fang, A History of Mass Communication: Six Information Revolutions,
Focal Press,1997.
- David Crowley and Paul Heyer, Communication in History, Longman, 1993.
- Michael Olmert, The Smithsonian Book of Books. Wings Books, 1992.
- J.E. Zimmerman, Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Bantam, 1964.
- Gallery Illustrations
- Treasures of 19th- and 20th-Century Painting. The Art Institute of Chicago. 1993.
- Alexander Marshack, "The Art and Symbols of Ice Age Man," in David Crowley and Paul Heyer, eds., Communication in History, Longman, 1993.
- Michael Olmert, The Smithsonian Book of Books. Wings Books, 1992.
- Peter Pollack, The Picture History of Photography. Harry N. Abrams.
- Helmut Gernsheim, The Origins of Photography. Thames and Hudson. 1982.
- Fine Art Reproductions of Old and Modern Masters. New York Graphic Society. 1980.