Johannes Gutenberg was voted the most influential person of the millennium for his invention of the printing press. The printing press had a tremendous influence on the spread of humanism‚ literacy‚ and protestantism. We would not have many of the ideas and knowledge we have today if it weren’t for Guttenberg’s invention. The printing press had a huge impact on the spread of Humanism. People reprinted works of the Greeks and Romans‚ which helped launch The Renaissance. More books led to the spread
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Analysis Between Dutch Baroque and French Realism Johannes Vermeer Jean-Francois Millet The Milkmaid Woman Baking Bread Circa 1657-1658 1854 45.5 x 41 cm 55 x 46 cm Rijksmuseum‚ Amsterdam‚ Netherlands Rijksmuseum‚ Otterlo‚ Netherlands Oil Painting Oil Painting Dutch Baroque vs. French Realism Throughout the ages‚ art has been one of many ways to communicate with our history. Every painting‚ drawing‚ sculpture‚ etc. tells us a story of that time period and if we
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With A Pearl Earring’ an aesthetic masterpiece – but dear God is it dull. It’s based on the best-selling novel by Tracy Chevalier but‚ more significantly than that‚ the book itself tells the story behind a painting by brush-brandishing Dutchman Johannes Vermeer. And not a very interesting story either‚ it has to be said. Rent-a-thesp Colin Firth plays Vermeer‚ who takes a break from the clogs‚ windmills and whore-patrolled waterways of 17th Century Holland to paint humble housemaid Griet (a perfectly-cast
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Kepler-22b is the first confirmed extrasolar planet found by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope to orbit within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Kepler-22b‚ a possible super-Earth‚ is 600 light years away from Earth‚ in orbit around Kepler-22‚ a G-type star.The discovery was announced December 5‚ 2011. The planet was originally discovered on Kepler’s third day of science operations in mid-2009.The third transit was detected in late 2010. Additional confirmation data was provided by the Spitzer Space
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heck am I supposed to pronounce this‚ I frustratedly thought to myself. “Trying to read again”. Dad asked as he walked in my room with a fabricated smile face. “Yep‚ Can you help me again? I asked in a wary voice “Maybe later‚ you know our neighbors Johannes Gutenberg? “Yeah” I responded “what about him?” “He’s working on some printing press that I’m helping him with”‚He added. “See you at dinner”. He responded‚ leaving the room. Great‚ my dad’s the only educated person in the family and not to be mean
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alongside the wheel and the plow (Johannes Gutenberg and‚ 2009). The man credited with its invention is Johannes Gutenberg‚ born of Mainz‚ Germany around 1400 (Childress‚ 2008). Johannes began his work with the printing press around 1430 and developed his first prototype somewhere around the mid-15th century. As with most inventions‚ Gutenberg’s press had precedents in history‚ especially in Asia where the Chinese had carved texts into wooden blocks (Johannes Gutenberg and‚ 2009). In the Netherlands
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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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Life of Brahms Johannes Brahms is considered by many as one of the greatest musicians to ever live. He was born in Hamburg‚ and was a son of a double-bass player (Machlis 305). Johannes developed his music at a very early age. At the age of ten‚ Brahms helped increase his family’s income by playing the piano in the dance halls of the slum district where he grew up. Many believed he was the next great Beethoven‚ and he certainly lived up to those expectations. When Johannes was a teenager
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Does the name Johannes Gutenberg ring a bell? How about the movable type printing press? What about the Arts and Entertainment person of the millennium? Johannes Gutenberg perfected the unarguably incredible movable type printing press. However‚ what can be argued is what was the more important consequence of it. Some say that the Reformation was the greater consequence. However‚ many other have a differing view. Others believe the age of exploration was undoubtedly the bigger consequence of Gutenberg’s
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The name of this piece of artwork is “A lady writing”. It was painted by Johannes Vermeer in 1665 to 1666. I viewed this piece of artwork at the Chrysler art museum in Norfolk VA on Saturday November 26th. By completing this analysis I wish to better understand Vermeer as an artist and better grasp how he stands out as an artist. Vermeer chose his subject‚ as much of his paintings are‚ as someone in action doing something routine. In this painting he has chosen a woman who is writing a letter. It
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