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Illuminated manuscripts were a luxury item in the middle ages and mostly monks and priests used them. In the 12th century, they would used them in their religious buildings and was considered a luxury item that wealthy people could obtain. To create a manuscript was also very time consuming. People who created illuminated manuscripts were called illuminators. During the Middle Ages, illuminators liked to stay anonymous, but that changed during the late Middle Ages. To sign their work, they would…

Industrial Revolution and Typography During 1770 to 1820, the impact of the Industrial Revolution, changed the way society experienced almost every aspect of daily life. A period of economic growth, manual labor was replaced with the efficiency of machinery and mass production. With profound advances in technology, the nature of type and graphic design was also considerably changed. Visual communications became more sought after and accessible than ever before. With high demands in place,…

Rhetorical Analysis of Print is Dead What happened to paper? Is print the past. When reading the text of "Print is Dead" Miss Jamison introduces the idea that a culture of magazines, once very prominent and large, is now slowly being terminated by technology now used by online media. The notion that print is dying is surely one to take with a grain of salt, as print today is now filled with craft and sharpness. While magazines were out in the bunches in the past to bring information,…

My Access #2 There could be a lot of meanings to the quote by Colin Wilson. There could be different experiences, and also some different views on what the quote is trying to tell us. Many people might not understand the quote because they don’t know what it’s like to actually come back from failure because they had everything given to them. What I get from the quote by Colin Wilson is that average humans are used to being in some bad situations because they don’t want to try their hardest. I…

Innovators History Essay The late 1800s to early 1900s was a time of many innovations that changed our lives. Did you know that a lot of these inventions created over a hundred years ago we still use today in our modern world? These innovations made our world smaller and brought us all a little bit closer together. The typewriter was an innovation that changed the world of writing. The typewriter was first patented on June 23, 1868, by Christopher Latham Sholes. This new and fancy, yet large…

How to Pull Off Mixed Vinyl Siding Over the years, vinyl siding has become America’s choice for exterior fascia. Vinyl siding offers homeowners many benefits, including a polished look for their homes and a low-maintenance option that lasts a long time. Another important benefit vinyl siding offers homeowners is variations. Unlike brick and other types of fascia, homeowners can choose from a variety of colors when they choose vinyl siding. It is that variation that is sparking homeowners to mix…

Believed to have been published in Amsterdam in 1642, is the work of Flemish cartographer and engraver Hendrik Hondius. Hondius was apprenticed to Godfried van Ghelder in Brussels, studied drawing with the engraver Jan Wierix of Antwerp, and he also studied engraving along the way, to which he dedicated himself as a practice. In 1599, he became the first publisher to be granted a national privilege by the States General of the Netherlands, allowing protection against the circulation of…

Overall with the two videos, I saw how they made parchment from animal skins. It was unbelievable that the transition of the animal skin turns into a thick piece of paper to make a book. However, it is not a fast process when making it. The process of making the animal skins into parchment was they had to pick the right animal with the right skin texture. Then they put the animal skin in lime water for some days so the hair can loosen up and be scraped off for into a smooth surface. Then they…

Chances are everyone who has ever read this and will read this uses the internet daily. It is an incredibly convenient tool that allows us to find information in mere seconds. Imagine if our access to that information was suddenly limited, or even completely denied. That is the daily reality for citizens of China today. Their government censors anything on the internet that they do not agree with, and blocks popular websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube. Some areas, such as Aba…

In today’s world, there are many topics of intense discussion and debate. These topics range from the current unstable environment throughout the Middle East, the effects of climate change and how to control it, and to this country’s very own national debt. It does not seem to matter what news program you turn on, but there is a current hot topic being discussed. There is one topic that has been striking up heated debates and banter, perhaps longer than any of these. While not often at the top…