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9 Cards in this Set
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Gutenberg Bible |
1455 Johann Gutenberg 1st book printed using movable, reusable type |
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Nuremberg Chronicle |
1493 Printed by Anton Koberger One of the earliest known works that combined text with illustrions. Metal type used side by side with woodcut images |
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De Aetna |
1495 Aldus Manutius Used Bembo typeface in this essay by Pietro Be bo about his journey to Mt. Aetna. Basis for group of roman types called Old Style. |
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A Specimen |
1734 William Caslon Exhibited outstandingly legible Transitional Style type, Caslon. |
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The Works ofMr. William Congreve |
1761 John Baskerville Uses Transitional Style type, Baskerville. Claimed to be too difficult to read due to contrast. Led B. To use hot press and create inks that would make his type show better. |
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Trinummus |
1792 Giambattista Bodoni Uses Modern style, Bodoni. Not as extreme contrast as Didot but still recognizably modern. |
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Le Charivari satirical cartoon |
Honore Daumier, Charles Philipon 1837 Lithograph Satirical cartoon representing the essence of the time. Lots of playbills, posters, ephemera demanding attention with the questioning of ethics in their techniques. |
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Ballou's Pictorial |
Wood engraving of emigrant arrival Fictional representation of a scenario for added drama to sell the pictorial |
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Still Life in Studio |
Louis Daugerre Daugerreotype 1st suuccessful photo ever made |
