Hist Of Gd

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In what year was the term "graphic design" first coined to describe the activities of an individual that bring structural order and visual form to printed communications?

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1922

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The first known graphic design image using both text and image is the...

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Blau Monument

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Marks: 1
The first culture to develop a formalized written text system (cuneiform) in 3100 BCE were the

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summerians

Front 4

Which Greek process is defined as "a writing method where every other line reads in the opposite direction'?

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boustrophedon

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The development of WHAT allowed for a more efficient use of materials and served as the precursor to the modern day book?

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codex format

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The development of North Semitic (Phoenician) script includes all of the following EXCEPT

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a. Sui generis script Incorrect
b. Sinaitic script Incorrect
c. Ras Shamra script Incorrect


****d. Aramaic scrip

Front 7

The Rosetta Stone included all of the following EXCEPT

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*******a. Latin Correct
b. Hieroglyphics Incorrect
c. Greek Incorrect
d. Demotic Script

Front 8

The development of WHAT allowed for the first easily transportable graphic design images?

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Papyrus

Front 9

Early cuneiform text engravings are a form of what?

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Petroglyph

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The root of the modern alphabet is believed to be a combination of the Greek and WHICH other alphabet?

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phoenician

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The printing press was invented by Johann Fust

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false

Front 12

Late Medieval manuscripts included an increased number of "Books of Days", such as the one produced for Jean, Duc de Berry. All of the following are true about this manuscript EXCEPT

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a. It was created by the Limbourg Brothers Incorrect
***b. It was completed in 1416 Correct
c. It includes a zodiac calendar Incorrect
d. It makes an attempt at atmospheric perspective

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Islamic illuminated manuscript motifs used all of the following EXCEPT

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a. flat shapes of intense color Incorrect
b. two dimensional focus (no sense of depth) Incorrect
**c. lacertines Correct
d. totem-like animals

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Some of the earliest known examples of European block printing can be seen in

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Playing cards

Front 15

The development of illuminated manuscripts first took place in which century?

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5th century

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What is defined as "printing with independent, movable, and
reusable bits of metal or wood, each of which has a
raised letterform on one face"?

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Typography

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Marks: 1
The Classical Style of illuminated manuscript production are recognizable because:

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they have outlined images and a tight left, random right margin

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Woodblock printing is thought to have come to Europe from

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China

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All of the following techniques were used to decorate early block books EXCEPT

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a. hand coloring Incorrect
b. stenciling Incorrect
**c. printed coloring Correct
d. flocking

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The Book of Kells, one of the most well preserved Medieval illuminated manuscripts, uses all of the following techniques EXCEPT

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a. insular script Incorrect
b. half-uncials Incorrect
c. ornamental initials Incorrect
**d. Caroline miniscules

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Geoffroy Tory introduced all of the following types of punctuation into typographic use EXCEPT

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***a. Colon Correct
b. Apostrophe Incorrect
c. Cedilla Incorrect
d. Accent Incorrect

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The focus of Renaissance graphic design was

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Book design

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Marks: 1
The first printed book in the North American Colonies was:

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The Bay Psalm Book

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Marks: 1
Johann Oporinus' "De Humani Corporis Fabrica
(The Construction of the Human Body)" was significant to the forward momentum of graphic design for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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a. The extreme detail and clarity of its woodcut illustrations Incorrect
b. The use of labels to describe the illustrations shown Incorrect
**c. The first use of lithographic illustration inset into typographic text Correct
d. The large scale production and piracy of text in Europe

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Erhard Ratdolt's printing of Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"
was significant in terms of graphic design because:

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He used marginal illustrations as well as borders

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Marks: 1
"Printer's flowers" or fleurons were first developed by

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Giovanni and Alberto Alvise

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Nicolas Jenson was known for which development in typographic design

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Standardized Roman Type

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Geoffroy Tory's "Champ Fleury" was produced as a series of three books. These books included all of the following EXCEPT

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a. Fixed rules for French pronunciation and speech Incorrect
b. History of Roman Letters Incorrect
c. Geometric construction of Latin letters on a grid system Incorrect
**d. Elaborate woodcut illustrations as a precursor to lithography Correct

Front 29

The "Dance of Death" was produced by which of the following designers?

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a. Hans Holbein

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Rancesco da Bologna, aka Griffo, was a typeface designer who did all of the following EXCEPT

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c. Designed the prototype for the pocket book

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Match the typographic designer to their letterform

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Fat Face- Robert Thorne
Antique(egyptians)- Vincent Figgins
Reversed Egyptian Italic- William Thurowgood
Sans-Serrif- William Casalon

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As a typographic designer, what was Thomas Cotterall's biggest contribution

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12 Lines Pica

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Aloys Senefelder developed the lithographic process, which revolutionized the world of illustration. All of the following designers benefited from Senefelder's process EXCEPT

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a. John H. Bufford Incorrect
b. Schumacher and Ettlinger Incorrect
**c. Joseph Morse Correct
d. Randolph Caldecott

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Match the inventor to their invention

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Frederich Koenig-Steam powered cylinder press
John Gamble- Fourdrinier Machine
Ottmar Merganthaler- Linotype maching
Joseph Neipce - Photography