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Before Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, people were at the mercy of the church. The Catholic Church ruled over the people of Europe. They used their religious authority to tell people how they were supposed to live and governed the people by not allowing them to have a say. With the invention of the printing press, Martin Luther led the establishment of the Protestant Reformation by questioning the church and its authority. Scribes were only able to copy religious text by hand and…

Tugboat Printshop is owned by Pennsylvanian husband and wife team Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth and they are woodblock master craftsmen. Together they produce original, extremely detailed woodblock prints. Each print that is created from a woodblock is unique. Their style that they use is very intricate with elaborate designs and shapes that add texture to the medium. I really enjoy all of their artwork but I am drawn to the Moth that is pictured below. It measures 16 x 21 inches. Woodblock…

1. Among all events during the Renaissance, the most crucial and fundamental event is the invention of printing. Because the countries is closely related to each other throughout history, the trade between countries is frequent. That makes the information travel fast, but before printing was invented, the information carries by the form of oral, which is highly possible to lose in memories through time. With the invention of printing, the information and knowledge can communicate effectively…

The Printing Press affected life as everyone knew it during the Renaissance because it changed how information was spread, resulting in how people started to question how the Bible was being interpreted by the Catholic Church. In the 1450’s Johannes Gutenberg, a goldsmith, invented the first practical Printing Press. The Printing Press had two important consequences, the Age of Exploration and the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation was the most important of the two because the…

world around us. Our everyday lives have progressed into what it is because of the work of historians and their impact on the human race. Benjamin Franklin is one of the most famous historians in American history. He invented bifocals, copperplate press design, copy machine design, daylight savings idea, hot water systems design, light globe model, lightning rod, mechanical arm and so much more. Even though all of his invention have been greatly appreciated and used worldwide there is one that…

It all began with the earliest humans drawing on walls. As we evolved, these pictures soon became words written upon dried wood pulp. Since the beginning of written language, writing and literature has made a ginormous impact on human life. It has helped us share ideas and beliefs, and overall improve and evolve as the human race. For thousands of years, humans have shared their thoughts, beliefs, and ideas on pages bounded together to form what we call a book. In recent years, however, there…

Benjamin Banneker was born in 1731 and raised in Maryland on a tobacco farm. Later when Banneker was walking he spotted a salesman holding his pocket watch. So Benjamin asked him if he could borrow it for a while. The salesman agreed and gave him the watch. Banneker took it home and carefully took the watch apart and examined and drew each of the parts the watch contained. Then Benjamin placed all the pieces together again and gave it back to the salesman. Ever since Banneker was little…

In eight numbered sentences, write a “history of the book” from the late medieval manuscript to about 1800. (You are starting before Gutenberg’s contribution and going up to but not into the industrialization of printing and graphic design.) Use eight numbered sentences, including a comparison of two images of your choice from the slide presentations. 1. Before the ability to print, all documents and books were called manuscripts because they were handwritten. 2. Scriptorium, a room used during…

The printing press, which was key to the spread of humanist ideas throughout Europe in the early 1450s. A humanist is someone who concentrates on human activities and possibilities, normally denying the importance of God after death. There was also another man who created a printing press his name was Johannes Gutenberg, this type of printing press allowed books to be printed much faster. More people learned to read because there were more books. Books spread very quickly throughout Europe. This…

creation is the print and press created by Johannes Gutenberg. Johannes was born in Mainz, Germany in 1395. Before his creation of the the print and press, he printed cards, pictures, designs, and patterns on clothes. Gutenberg never married nor did he have kids, his life was surrounded around his business. His printing experience started in 1438, created the press in 1440, and printed the 42-Line Bible in 1454-1455. Gutenberg contributed the invention of the print and press and the 42-Line…