Johannes Gutenberg

Shannon Vargas Effects of Mass Media HUM/186 September 15, 2015 Ms. Allyson Wells Effects of Mass Media Our culture is molded and influenced by mass media. From the ancient times of story tellers, tribal leaders and elders to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, communication and the flow of information has been vital to developing civilizations. The major developments in mass media are oral and written presentation, printing, electronics and digital programming. Technology changed the models of…

Before radio, internet, television or social media, world wars posters had a significant impact on graphic design. One of the primal forms of advertisement was the posters which began to develop as a medium for visual communication in the early 19th century. They influenced the development of typography for the purpose of reading from a distance and required larger type to be produced. The poster quickly spread around the world and became a principle of the graphic design trade. Besides,…

Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo, and Michelangelo are names that would go down in history, because of their work in the arts, and sciences. Galileo, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo helped the Renaissance, become so influential.The Renaissance is remembered in history due to its inventions, and other discoveries. The Renaissance, spanned from the early 1400s to the early 1600s. It was mainly in eastern Europe and western Asia. Technology, Science, and Math gave the Renaissance it’s place in the history…

Benedict Anderson the author of Imagined Communities identifies a nation as an imagined political community that is limited and sovereign, as well. The political community consists of a sect of people who feel as if they are united based on a common ground. The people of a nation feel united and identify themselves as an “us” and people outside of the nation would be considered as a “them”. The limitation in the imagined community is the boarders of the nation, no nation can be considered as…

The invention of the printing press led to the spread of new ideas, literature, and religion throughout Europe. Johannes Guttenburg's invention of the printing press was a vital turning point during the time of the Renaissance. It shook the grounds of religion and encouraged people to become more educated. The printing press impacted the lives of the rich and the poor by creating a cheaper and faster way to spread knowledge, literature, and religion. Before the printing press was…

An craftsmen and inventor Johann Gutenberg who developed a printing method that revolutionized to produce books faster and made them affordable. In circa 1398, Gutenberg was born into a merchant family in Mainz, Germany. While living in Germany, he was trained by his family to be a goldsmith and a blacksmith. Experimenting with printing began in 1428 when a craftsmen revolt erupted causing his family to vacate and settling in Strasbourg, France. He later then manufactured metal blocks that…

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century America was going through expansionism. The country was developing economically, technological changes were taking place and major waves of immigration was being experienced. All these changes and developments were impacting various field, including the printing press. New era of communication was being established, and printing press was the essential tool. Printing press have had an enormous impact of influence on people. Since, the…

Gutenberg and the Printing Press https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xs4sg92XYJZ5VS9UWbj_8JDKD0WVQvn4yZcaRv4vXP8/edit?usp=sharing If you had been Gutenberg, would you have died a happy man or considered your life a failure? Why? I would have died a happy man if I were Gutenberg, because I would have made one of the best inventions in the world. Where would we be without printing books we would still be writing them if it wasn’t for Gutenburg we could probably only fill up like seven libraries…

of wood, dipping the block into ink, and then stamping the block onto the paper, which was more efficient than hand-copying entire works, but still time consuming. Johann Gutenberg, a German printer, decided to change that in 1450 by inventing the printing press and creating the very first printed bible, also known as the Gutenberg Bible. With his invention, printing became faster, the cost of books decreased, and more people were able to read.…

Printing has been around since about 3000 BCE where the first printing presses were blocks and cylinders. The images were first duplicated on clay blocks, then silk fabrics, and finally paper. Technology has since evolved to the digital printing that we have today. Digital printing involves printing a digital image through a type of medium which include paper. There exist basically two types of digital printing products in the marketplace that are stickers and posters. Sticker printing is the…