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118 Cards in this Set
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Paleolithic caves drawings were found in... |
Lascaux caves-France |
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scratched/carved signs of simple figures on rock.... |
pictographs |
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what was Hammurabi's code? |
text code of laws and consequences, first code of law |
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Language NOT on Rosetta stone= |
Latin |
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Cartouche hieroglyph =? |
egyptian writing in pictures, carved important names |
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"Book of Dead" is what? |
instructions/directions for going into after life |
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By law, Egyptians had to buried with a "Book of Dead", T or F?? |
FALSE, not by law |
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What is NOT an example of illustrated manuscript? |
Blurred lines to show movement |
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What are cylinder seals? |
small stone cylinder w/ engraving to show ownership -forgery proof method for sealing documents |
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Rebus= ??? |
Pictures used to represent word or syllable sounds. ex: "apex".......a picture of an ape > and a picture of an 'X' |
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Cuniform=? |
Wedge-shaped writing on soft clay tablets |
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The direction of reading for hieroglyphics was NOT standardized....T or F?? |
TRUE |
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Egyptian, 1st to do illustrated manuscript.. T or F? |
TRUE |
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Hieroglyphic determinatives show how preceding glyph is interpreted.. T or F? |
TRUE |
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What did the Chinese NOT invent? |
Oil paint |
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Chinese gov't official credited w/ the invention of paper is...??? |
T'sai Lun |
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What is the oldest printed manuscript from China? |
"Diamond Sutra" |
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China was the first society of ordinary people to be around lots of printed images because of the use of... |
money, wealth was spread out |
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pictographic writing system inscribed on oracle bones was..? |
Chi Ku Wen |
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Chinese calligraphy is purely visual.. T or F? |
TRUE |
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Chinese calligraphic system consists of 40 characters, T or F? |
FALSE, a lot of characters |
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chinese calligraphy is considered to be better than sculpture, but worse than painting... T or F |
FALSE, was considered best |
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Chinese people immediately accepted use of paper T or F? |
False |
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Alphabet is a series of visual symbols to represent.....? |
speech sounds |
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Greeks adapted ....? (what writing/reading style) |
left to right |
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King Hemenes(?) II of Perchium(?) started making __________ during fierce rivalry. > |
Parchment |
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Invention of the alphabet & spread of literacy lessened power of priests & scribes... T or F |
TRUE |
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form of text, Christians wished to use this to get away from Pagaen writing......was what? |
Codex |
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Aromaic alphabet developed into Hebrew and Arabic in different locations... T or F? |
True |
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Uncials, made to be BIG, seen from far away, were carved on big statues....T or F? |
FALSE, written on tablets and scrolls |
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Principle of movable type has been around since as eatly as 2000 BC....T or F? |
True |
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velum is the finest form of papyrus, T or F? |
FALSE , parchment is |
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Vatican virgils are in what style? |
classical style |
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Celtic manuscript was revolutionary b/c...why? |
it left spaces between words |
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Charlemagne did what? |
transcribed a lot of classic texts himself |
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Islamic illuminated manuscript did NOT have what in it? |
Religious icons |
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There are no religious icons or figures in the Quran...T or F? |
TRUE |
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in early scriptoriums, this person did the ornaments and images...... |
Illuminator |
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letters suited for rapid writing, rounded letters, is what? |
Uncials |
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illustrations and decorations in illu. manuscr. are intended to educate as well as beautify,... T or F? |
True |
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the "Book of Kells" is grammatically accurate..T or F? |
FALSE, many errors |
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caroline minuscules is what we use for lower case letters...T or F |
True |
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Aniconism is common in Islamic manuscript.. T or F? |
TRUE |
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the first stone European block prints with a communicational function was what...? |
images of Saints |
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The style of type Johann Gutenberg adapted |
textura |
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earliest examples of typographical printing are..? |
"Letters of Indulgence" - Pope Nicholas V |
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Which DOESNT belong in Gutenberg's 42 Line Bible? |
418 full page illustrations |
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what reached Europe after a 600 year journey, inspired students...? |
paper |
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what is the translucent thing on paper? |
watermark |
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in 1450 Maines, Germany, who figured out how to print books there first? |
Gutenberg |
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negative letter to punch into matrix in hot type is what? |
Punch |
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Punches are punched into what? |
Matrix |
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1st printers trademark ever was what? |
Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer |
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xylography was printed from flat surface, such as stone ... T or F? |
FALSE |
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1st typographic book was Gutenberg's 42 Line Bible, made of velum and paper ... T or F |
TRUE |
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Johann Fust sold printed Bibles as manuscript in France .. T or F? |
True |
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Citizens of Maines Germany left in 1462 b/c of plague... T or F |
FALSE..left because of war |
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Renaissance artist known for his woodcuts and using textura....? |
Albrecht Dürer |
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Single-leafed page printed on one side is called what? |
Broadside ....[but also called broadsheet] |
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Printing w/ movable type was liked by book printers....T or F? |
FALSE...they lost jobs |
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Broadsheet is what? |
printed on both sides {BUT names are interchangeable for broadside} |
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Martin Luther's 95 Thesies spread the Protestant movement quickly, T or F? |
TRUE |
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Italian examples of graphic design were where? |
Venice |
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What became a prototype for the modern day pocket book? |
"Virgil's Oprah" |
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"Aviso relation O'der Zeitung" is what?????? |
the oldest newspaper to survive from old Germany |
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Word phrase, or symbol or design for a paper is what? |
Trademark TM' |
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who printed the first book in the US colonies? |
Stephen and Matthew Daye |
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Nicolas Jenson created type in Italy that was better than his contemporaries...T or F? |
TRUE |
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Henry Estienne printed from where? |
Paris, France |
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Tory's "Champ Fleury" was the prototype ideal for French language.. T or F |
TRUE |
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bracketing is connecting curves with serifs in text.. T or F? |
TRUE |
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late works of Batista Badoni represent what style? |
neoclassical |
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William Blake's illustrations are in this style |
Romanticism
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this place opened in England to print texts to London and other parts of England |
Shakespeare Press |
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in 1722, William Caslon designed Caslon old style, who introduced this to the US colonies? |
Ben Franklin |
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who made the first ever pie chart? |
William Playfair |
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how many points are in 1 inch? |
72 points |
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"Romain de roi" created a new style of types called what? |
transitional style |
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Rococo style is best represented in the Dudo family ... T or F? |
FALSE |
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Batista Badoni used a classic type style....T or F? |
FALSE, modern type style |
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Caslon is transitional style..T or F? |
TRUE |
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Baskerville used texturized paper, T or F? |
FALSE, used glossy paper |
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who gave the name "sans serif"? |
Vincent Figgins |
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what is another name for slab serif text form? |
Egyptian |
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this person was 1st credited to take a photographic image (a photo!)... |
Joseph Niepces |
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this person invented "photograms" and the negative-positive process |
William Henry Fox Talbot |
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got camera for her birthday, took photos explaining the human condition |
Julia Margaret Cameron |
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invented by Stephen H. Hergon, small dots make up the picture...... |
halftones |
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Process of printing colored pictures/lettering is........ |
chromolithography |
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during the Industrial Revolution, power shifted from...... |
the aristocracy to new capitalists |
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what was the first newspaper to use the cylinder press? |
Times of London |
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The camera obscura has been around as long as....(who) |
Aristotle |
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George Eastman invented the Kodak camera..why? |
so ordinary people could have cameras |
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Best known for portraits, got a camera as a b'day present.........who? |
Julia Margaret Cameron |
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"Egyptian style"...the name came from the fact that the type style looks like hieroglyphics.. T or F? |
FALSE |
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The Linotype reduced the co$t of a single newspaper... T or F? |
TRUE |
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"Scene in Shantytown" is the very first halftone print ever....T or F? |
TRUE |
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Matthew Brady is the civil war photographer T or F? |
TRUE |
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Dauerrogotypes were bad quality, and fuzzy...T or F? |
FALSE, they were good quality |
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from 1860-1900, lithography was the dominant print medium for advertising ... T or F? |
TRUE |
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Victorian type and hand drawn lettering was simplistic...T or F? |
FALSE, very embellished |
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William Morris made 3 type faces for the Kelmscott Press, 3rd one was inspired by N.Jenson, called what? |
Golden |
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what was the long lasting effect of William Morris' work? |
higher quality book production |
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Goudy fonts represent this feel.... |
French & Venecian Renassaince |
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what inspired Albert Bruce Rogers? |
the Kelmscott Press |
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what type family was used to develop school books for children? |
Century |
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what was NOT included in Chaucer's work from the Kelmscott Press? |
7 different colors of ink |
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William Morris was poor..T or F? |
FALSE, super wealthy |
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the first book to be printed on the Kelmscott Press was a 560 page book from Chaucer....T or F?
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FALSE it was Morris' own book |
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"Dove's Bible" is best known for its decorations...T or F? |
FALSE |
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the Dutch book movement saw the Industrial Revolution as a blessing... T or F? |
FALSE |
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what Japanese artist was best known for "36 Views of Mt. Fiji"? |
Katsushika Hokusai |
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what does NOT fit in with Japanese work? |
Assyrian motiffs |
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When Beardlsey used Morris' style, Morris was....... |
Furious |
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Ethel Reed was the first graphic designer woman in England... T or F? |
FALSE...she was American |
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Ukiyo-e means what? |
"pictures of the floating world" |
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Art Nouveau means what? |
New art |
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Abstract art, following art nouveau, rejected the Art Nouveau style...T or F? |
FALSE, it built off of it. |