power of another‚ and [freedom] from any controlling influence." The cultural emancipation that began in early-modern Europe prior to the Renaissance had a deep effect on the lives of its constituents. The printing press‚ invented in 1455 by Johannes Gutenberg‚ presented the public with a new forum for book production as the very first method of mass publication. Previously‚ should multiple copies be printed‚ each would have to be transcribed by hand‚ a task which would be both labour-intensive‚
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literature is something we often take for granted. The important and revolutionary role of the printing press is something that cannot be understated. When Johannes Gutenberg began building his press in 1436‚ he unknowingly gave birth to an art form that would take center stage in the social and industrial revolutions that followed. Gutenberg was the chief designer behind this complex and groundbreaking piece of machinery. With its first appearance in 1440‚ the printing press reformed the era‚ built
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In the 1430’s a man named Johann Gutenberg created the predecessor to the modern printing press. The level of importance of the printing press is rivaled by few other inventions‚ so much so that “the invention of the printing press” is often used as a reference to the social‚ political‚ and scientific change experienced by Europe after the press’s introduction. (Wikipedia). Johannes Gutenberg invented a mechanical way of making books. This was the first example of mass book production. Before the
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On this day 442 years ago one of the greatest astronomically skilled mathematicians were born‚ his name was Johannes Kepler. He was born around one o’clock in the afternoon. His parents were Katharina Kepler‚ and Heinrich Kepler. He grew up in a very poor family with his father being a soldier‚ and his mom an herbalist‚ or healer. He suffered from smallpox at the age of four and his father past away when he was five. Contributions that he made to math were that he made laws of planetary motion
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Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch born painter who devoted his life to his art‚ at the peak of his artistic legacy Johannes was widely regarded as a master and one of the best Dutch artists of his time (Arthur Wheelock‚ Encyclopedia Britannica). Johannes Vermeer did not make his living off his artwork‚ instead he worked as an innkeeper and an art dealer‚ Johannes specialized in painting interior scenes‚ which was popular amongst the middle class. These interior scenes allowed the viewer to conceptualize
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Many people from the renaissance time tried to make a living on their own by painting and writing books. Although it seemed very hard to spread their ideas around the world but until 1444 their worries began to shrink. A man from Germany named Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press‚ which made possible for people to have copies of books and letters in much lesser time than they were used to. The invention of the printing press was one of most notable inventions from the last millennium because
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Johannes Kepler was born on December 27‚ 1571 in Weil der Stadt‚ Germany to parents Heinrich and Katharina Kepler . From a very young age‚ Johannes faced countless amounts of struggles‚ most notably the death of his father at the tender age of five. In addition to this tragedy‚ Kepler had crippled hands and impaired eyesight‚ due to his bad health. Despite his physically damaged self‚ Kepler was able to thrive cognitively. He could solve any problem with numbers and questioned everything‚ the habit
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at some point in their work‚ which deemed it possible to continue or even publish. The intellectual influx mentioned before is directly linked to Johannes Gutenberg. He was the one‚ with the invention of the printing press‚ who made it possible for all Greek philosophical works to be readily available for almost anyone who could afford them. “Gutenberg combined two Asian inventions‚ the screw press and paper to develop his movable type printing press (Text‚ p. 107).” On the religious side‚ bibles
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Early textbooks were used by tutors and teachers‚ who used the books as instructional aids The next revolution for books came with the 15th-century invention of printing with changeable type. The invention is attributed to German metal smith Johannes Gutenberg‚ who cast type in molds using a melted metal alloy and constructed a wooden-screw printing press to transfer the image onto paper. Gutenberg’s invention made mass production of texts possible for the first time. • In general the invention of
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In approximately 1669-1670‚ during the Dutch Golden Age‚ Johannes Vermeer completed his painting The Lacemaker in the baroque style. The artist Johannes Vermeer creates a sense of calm and solidarity in his work‚ The Lacemaker‚ by portraying the figure in a dreamy fashion‚ using dull colors‚ and by making the figure seem intent on her work and distant. The woman making lace in the work is portrayed in a dream like fashion. This is created by the slightly fuzzy edges of the shapes in the work. However
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