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 invention of printing‚ multiple copies of a manuscript had to be made by hand‚ a laborious task that could take many years. Later
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Before the perfection of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440‚ books were copied by hand- taking extreme amounts of time as well as effort. This made books highly expensive and only affordable by the clergy. As a result‚ education was scarce and only a small percentage of people in the world
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instantaneously and make decisions and react to internal and external factors extremely quickly. Essentially‚ it accelerated the world economy. Now‚ the second among my choices was the printing press invented during the Renaissance period by Johannes Gutenberg. This item revolutionized printing‚ "making it simple and more affordable" (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexp.shtml). This would enable information to become widely available among the populace. Although it may not have
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in music extended from about 1820 to 1900. Among the most significant musicians were Franz Schubert‚ Robert Schumann‚ Clara Wieck Schumann‚ Frederic Chopin‚ Franz Liszt‚ Felix Mendelssohn‚ Hector Berlioz‚ Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ Antonin Dvorak‚ Johannes Brahms‚ Giuseppe Verdi‚ Giacomo Puccini‚ Richard Wagner and Gustav Mahler. The length of this list – and some important composers have been omitted from it – testifies to the richness and variety of romantic music and to its continuing impact on
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Press? Numerous 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‚ by 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 a much lesser time. What was the great outcome of the printing press? The efficiency of the printing press allowed ideas to spread quickly
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press. 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
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based on nature--no calendars‚ no clocks Brief history: § china made paper money and playing cards - block-printed § every word‚ phrase & pic was on a different block -- new block carved each time § imported block-books and paper from the east § Johannes Gutenberg -first to demonstrate moveable type press § used an alloy: cast well in die; durable in press; could be reused Impact: § at first--used to print religious texts § spread the Bible--ppl had more direct connection with god § Gutenberg
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The motet was one of the most important forms of polyphonic music from 1250 to 1750. The Italian mottetto was originally a profane polyphonic species of music‚ the air‚ or melody‚ being in the Tenor clef‚ taking the then acknowledged place of the canto fermo or plainchant‚ theme. It originated in the 13th century resulting from the practice of Pérotin and his contemporaries in Paris. The term "motet" can be translated as "the word of movement". Sometimes two upper voices had different words. In the
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A printing press is a machine engineered for the purpose of mass fabricating and duplicating text and images in a short amount of time with the use of metal type or plates. The very first printing press with movable type‚ where the type can be moved and rearranged to form new and different text‚ dates back in China in 1‚000 A.D‚ created by a man named Pi Sheng. However‚ due to the complexity of the Chinese language‚ which contains thousands of characters‚ the printing press was proven void as it
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interchangeable parts. All five of these achievements were very important in their ancient age and even now‚ they show the same effects that shaped the world as it is. Printing. Now‚ many people believe that the first printing methods were conducted by Johannes Gutenberg. But that is not true- to stand to fact. The first methods of printing were used by the Chinese‚ as if the message were to be produced repetitively with the same information‚ the characters would be notched into wood‚ but then later evolved
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