felt in literature‚ philosophy‚ art‚ music‚ politics‚ science‚ and religion. The renaissance was a time of the great scientist and artist Leonardo da Vinci. Personally I think the greatest feat of this time was the printing press created my Johannes Gutenberg. Before the invention of the printing press to make a book it required having to hand write the words for hours. When this was going on reading was more for the higher class but with the printing press books could be mass produced and this caused
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this was very expensive and took a lot of time to finish. Until 1450‚ a revolution arised. Mr. Gutenberg came up with a solution to spread information in a very fast way and for cheaper. But first‚ I would like to introduce the face being the biggest revolution of the renaissance. Mr. John Gutenberg was born in 1398 in Mainz Germany in a very wealthy family. In around 1428‚ the young locksmith Gutenberg‚ experienced a revolt of the poor merchants against the wealthy‚ this prompted his family to
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Technology is the advancement of a society’s skills and tools. Science and technology have played a critical role in altering the course of human history. Two major technological advances that helped shaped society are the development agriculture and the printing press. Before the Neolithic times we had the Paleolithic times. This time is where they were hunters and gathers‚ where they had to look for food‚ water‚ and shelter. In this same period the Neolithic Revolution happened‚ and from there
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Charlemagne – ca. 500 – 1000 A.D. Charlemagne was a medieval emperor. He ruled during the time known as the Middle Ages which was from 500 A.D. to 1000 A.D. This time period is also called the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages were named that because we are not exactly sure what life was like during this time period because of the little information we have. The people in Western Europe had many different religions. Charlemagne was born into the Frank tribe which was a German tribe living in the area of northwest
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many inventions of the Renaissance: telescope‚ compass‚ printing press‚ etc. But the most important technological advance of all was the development of printing‚ with movable metal type‚ about the mid-15th century in Germany. A German named Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1436. Printing press invention had a large impact on the value of the books‚ religion and reformation and education. Before the invention of printing press‚ multiple copies of a manuscript had to be made by hand
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1440 by inventor Johannes Gutenberg. The printing press changed the world to be able to distribute large quantities of reproductions of books‚ music‚ and other publications that before had to be hand written page by page. This invention is believed to be one of the most important inventions of the Renaissance and the world. The Bible was the first book to be mass produced‚ the Gutenberg Bible was also known as the 42 line Bible because of the number of lines on each page. The Gutenberg Bible was published
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Five Milestones in Children’s Literature Five Milestones in Children’s Literature Imagine a world with no books. Imagine gathered around a camp fire listening to stories of hero’s‚ witches‚ dragon slayers‚ ghost‚ and even biblical blood baths. Well‚ this is how children were first told stories not from pages in a book but from images and memories of ones mind. Stories were told to children and adults alike. The art of storytelling slowly progress over the years from story telling orally to finally
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the art and profession of selecting and arranging visual elements—such as typography‚ images‚ symbols‚ and colours—to convey a message to an audience. Sometimes graphic design is called “visual communications‚” a term that emphasizes its function of giving form—e.g.‚ the design of a book‚ advertisement‚ logo‚ or Web site—to information. An important part of the designer’s task is to combine visual and verbal elements into an ordered and effective whole. Graphic design is therefore a collaborative
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his Typography (from the Greek words (typos) = form and (graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces‚ point size‚ line length‚ leading (line spacing)‚ adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). Type design is a closely related craft‚ which some consider distinct and others a part of typography; most typographers
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traveling‚ especially the ones made Portugal and Spain all Impact society today‚ allowing for the age of exploration to emerge. All these tools proved prosperous but known more important than the printing-press independently developed in Germany by Johannes Gutenberg. Germany before this time was divided‚ in other words not a country yet‚ but divided into a city-state format‚ different provinces ruled by a king under an interregnum. Also‚ before this era Germany was still under the Holy Roman Empire‚ in
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