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55 Cards in this Set
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How long did it take Gutenberg to complete the process with form type face to the printed page?
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4 years and lots of money
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Because of the churches influence, what style did Gutenberg decide to print the bible in?
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Latin language and hand written style
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How many bibles did Gutenberg print in 4 years? (name 2 types)
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4 years | 140 bibles on paper | 40 on vellum.
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What did Gutenberg do with his father while he was young, what were these skills that he was able to apply to his bible printing process?
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metal working | engraving | mirror making
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What was 1 thing Gutenberg could have done with his bible that he did not do?
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Copyright his work
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What was Gutenberg deal with his marriage attempt?
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called off the wedding, girl parents sued for breach of contract.
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Why did Gutenberg move back to Germany?
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Got sued too many times
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Who did Gutenberg borrow money from in Germany?
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Johannes Fust. Fust sued and won got all the printing stuff and sold the bibles caught the plague and died.
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What was Gutenberg contributions in printing?
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type mold for printing | metal alloy soft enough to cast as an individual letter and hard enough to withstand several thousand impressions
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What is Velum?
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Moo cow
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What kind of press did Gutenberg modify?
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Wine Press
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What style did Gutenberg Mimic?
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style of the abby scribes
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What are 2 types of visual messages?
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Pictographs : pictures that stand for objects plants or animals
Ideographs : are images that represent abstract ideas. |
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Who invented Cuneiform?
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Sumerians. Hundreds of characters to learn.
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Describe Hieratic writing.
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Hieratic: business, religious,pyramids. FORMAL
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Describe Demotic writing
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Demotic: Informal and everyday, abstract
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Who invented Calligraphy, and how did they go about doing it?
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The Chinese: bird tracks
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Who invented the alphabet?
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The Phoenicians: alphabet with 22 letters.
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What did the Greeks contribute to writing?
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Greeks: vowels a e i o u | upper and lower case letters
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What did the Romans contribute to writing?
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The Romans: added v & w
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Why is Hot Type Production given its name?
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After printing the lead is melted and used again
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Who is Aldus Manutius.?
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italic type/ published Greek stuff like Aristotle
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Who invented the Steam printing press?
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James Watts : Invented Steam engine
Frederich Koenig used for printing |
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Who invented the lithography and half tone photo engraving screen?
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"Who's the lithography Hoe!"
Richard Hoe |
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Why was the Mono-type machine more efficient?
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Mono = one
set individual letters instead of entire lines |
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Describe Cold Type Production
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Example : Computers
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Name some type face families
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blackletter roman, script, miscellaneous, square serif and sans serif.
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Name 3 types of the Roman typeface
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old style transitional and modern
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What is Miscellaneous type?
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novelty or display type
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What is square serif?
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serifs give a brick-like appearance
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What is Sans Serif?
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Without those little things on the ends of letter. Sans = without
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Name some typeface attributes. (7)
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Durr! Size, color, font, column, justification, space and animation.
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Describe the Critical perspective of good graphic design
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depends on the viewer. "Beauty in in the eye of the beholder"
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Why is education of Graphic design important?
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keeps you up to date with whats popular
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what are Infographics?
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Information Graphics... arrangement of facts
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Why is USA Today so popular?
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lots of infographics, cool and colorful weather maps, lots of colors!
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How did Edward Tufte contribute to society?
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Data for CBS & NBC
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Edward Tufte, "Do whatever..." finish this quote
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DO WHATEVER IT TAKES!
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Why are starting charts at zero so important?
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Keeps them accurate!
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Describe Single- Framed Cartoons.
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CARICATURES, EDITORIAL, AND HUMOROUS.
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What is Thomas Nast known for in cartooning?
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Nast is responsible for the Republican Party elephant symbol and santa clause. Civil War cartoons
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What was Herb Block known for?
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McCarthyism \ Richard Nixon cartoons
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Describe Multiframed cartoons
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Egyptian: wrestlers fighting on brurial chambers i
Greek: vases fighting warriors Japanese: movement when unrolling the long scroll China: silhouette toys. |
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Who is famous for his movie posters?
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Saul Bass
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Name some of the Film work of Saul Bass
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Psycho (1960)
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Name some packaging and logo designs of Saul Bass
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Wesson Oils, Lawry's Seasonings, Northern Towels, Ohio Blue Tip Matches, Quaker Oats, BP & Exxon, General Foods, United Way, YWCA, Girl Scouts, United Airlines, AT&T
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Describe Saul Bass's contribution to movie credit design
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title/credit sequences became art
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Who said, "Design is thinking made visual." ?
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Saul Bass
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Describe the Dada Art Movement
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"ONE HOT MESS!"
expresses artists political rage with use of absurd asymmetric designs: typography of different sizes and styles random throughout the page |
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Describe the Bauhaus Movement (Art Style)
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useful, simple and clearly defined forms
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What are the 2 groups of art movements in graphic design?
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Free form and grid
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Describe Art Nouveau
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commercial art style, to make products and ads more beautiful
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Describe Pop Art
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combined organic vines of art nouveau and a rebellious philosophy of dada; connected with alternative lifestyles and rebellion against authority
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Describe New Wave Art
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ease of typographical and visual manipulations, made with computers, connected with youth and technology
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Describe De Stijl Art.
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unemotional use of lines, common shapes, with red yellow blue colors
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