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    catch up with the invention of writing. When writing was finally able to be used as a tool for the proliferation of information and not as a tool for the privileged to maintain leverage over those without means it was at the hands of a man named Johannes Gutenberg and his movable type printing press. Francis Bacon stated that typographical printing has‚ “changed the whole face and state of things throughout the world”. The information presented in this paper will illustrate how the printing press

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    A congenial blend of the provocative imagery of poetry as well as the beautiful melodies and illustrious moods portrayed through musical accompaniment‚ German lied proved to be a significant musical genre during the 19th century and owed much of its success to inspirations not only from poets of the time like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe‚ but also composers like Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. Due in part to the continued innovation at the time of the modern piano‚ which introduced an entirely

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    Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring is a display a girl and a completely empty dark background. The girl is disconnected from an identity there is no inclination as to who she is but Vermeer has painted some visual signs that could conjure up a hypothesis of what the girl is representing in the painting. The title of the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring immediately brings attention to the pearl earring. The pearl earring elegantly dangles’ slightly below

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    the Printing Press? As André Gide once said‚ “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” During the 15th century the printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg. It had a massive effect on the world at the time. One of the most important effects was exploration. The printing press started a revolution because it made it easier to print more maps‚ and explore new routes. Without the printing press

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    Scientific Revolution Nicolas Copernicus 1473 - 1543 Tycho Brahe 1546-1601 Johannes Kepler 1571 -1630 Galileo Galilei 1564- 1642 Isaac Newton 1642- 1726 Nicolas Copernicus 1473 - 1543 Nicolas Copernicus Nicolas Copernicus wrote a brief statement which essentially said we live in a heliocentric solar system and that the sun is the center of everything. Against the church however the church didn’t seem to care that Copernicus was announcing his belief. Because his statement was poorly written

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    Bibliography: 85 Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing press. 2012. [video online] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vl2j24Mtk [Accessed: 12 Mar 2014]. Goodreads. Quote by Johannes Gutenberg. [online] Available at: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/183163-it-is-a-press-certainly-but-a-press-from-which [Accessed: 12 Mar 2014]. Historyguide.org.

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    Did you know that one of the first books was printed in 1455? The first book was the called the Gutenberg Bible. It was written in Europe by Johannes Gutenberg. They were both handwritten and bound. The second book that is also considered the first book is the Epic of Gilgamesh. In 1878‚ the first movie was produced‚ even though it was only 15 seconds long it was still considered a movie. It was called the horse in motion. It was made by setting a camera to go of at certain times then putting together

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    cecybrary.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=e212b63a-84e8-4fe8-b226-b496a36cea7d%40sessionmgr14&vid=1&hid=23 Deumert‚ A.‚ & Vandenbussche‚ W. (2003). Germanic standardizations. Retrieved from: http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=9027218560 Johannes Gutenberg‚ (2011) Retrieved from: http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/gutenbergmovable.html McCash‚ J. (2008). The Role of Women in the Rise of the Vernacular. Retrieved from: http://ehis.ebscohost.com.proxy.cecybrary.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?

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    Exploration in the fields of mathematics‚ astronomy‚ physics‚ biology‚ and chemistry led to the reformation of thought and society. There are many accredited with this great revolution such as; Nicholas Copernicus‚ Sir Isaac Newton‚Galileo Galilei‚ and Johannes Kepler. Nicholas Copernicus [1473-1543] a Polish astronomer‚ mathematician‚ and church follower‚ who created the heliocentric theory. His study of the Ptolemaic system led him to replace the Earth with the Sun as the center of the universe

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    impact on the minds of the reader‚ with more in-depth reporting and analysis. The Chinese were the first to invent the art of printing. They made wooden blocks to print letters.However‚ Block printing came to Europe by 1300. It is believed that Johannes Gutenburg of Germany had developed printing technology around 1439.Gutenburg also invented an oil-based ink for printing. He printed the Bible in 1450. It was in the Latin language and had 1282 pages .He used movable printing blocks for the book

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