GD 135 HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN Chapter 6: ����������������������������������������������������� TERMS: PEOPLE AND PLACES: • Incunabula (pg. 85) • Nuremberg, Germany (pg. 89) • Broadsides, broadsheets (pgs. • Martin Luther (pgs. 94-97) 85, 87) • Erhard Reuwich (pg. 89) • Exemplars (pg. 87) • Günther & Johann Zainer (pgs. • Aesop’s Vita et fabulae (pgs. 87, 87-88) 88) • Anton Koberger (pgs. 90-93) • Peregrinationes in Montem Syon • Albrecht Dürer (pgs. 93-95) (pgs. 88, 89) • William Caxton (pgs.97-100) • Nuremberg Chronicle (pgs. 90- • Arnao Guillen de Brocar (pg. 101) 93) • Dürer’s The Apocalypse (pgs. 92, 93) • Teuerdank (pgs. 94, 95) • Polyglot Bible (pgs. 100-101) From a page in Aesop’s Vita et fabulae, 1476. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Chapter 6 Study Questions Historians used the term “incunabula” to describe The German brothers Günther and Johann Zainer early books printed from the time of Gutenberg’s were both scribes and illuminators who established invention1. to the end of the 15th century. What does the printing5. businesses that popularized illustrated books. They word “incunabula” mean? expanded beyond topics of religion and theology to include popular literature and folktales such as ______. A. cradle, or baby linen C. incurable insomniac A. Historia Griseldis and Aesop’s Life and Tales. B. a new era D. a revolution B. The Papyrus of Ani and the Book of the Dead. By 1500, printing was produced in more than 140 C. The Gutenberg Bible and the Psalter in Latin. towns, replacing many of the scriptori which made manuscripts2. . Which of the following is NOT a result of this D. The Qur’an and the Diamond Sutra. new mechanized craft? Erhard Reuwich was the first ______to A. Books became less C. Illiteracy increased due be identified as such for his work inPeregrinationes in costly to make. to lack of books. Montem6. Syon (Travels in Mount Syon), in 1486. B. Printing stabilized and D. Books spread new ideas A. printer C. author unified languages. throughout Europe. B. illustrator D. typesetter Block books printed from single blocks of carved wood 3.for each page and typographic books printed from Published in both German and Latin, the pieces of cast metal type threatened the jobs of______. ______was an ambitious, six-hundred- page7. history of the world —from the biblical dawn of A. monks and clergy C. stonecutters creation until 1493. The book contained 1,809 woodcut illustrations in its meticulously designed, 18-by-12-inch B. scribes and illuminators D. papermakers pages.

Over decades, woodcut artists and typographic A. Nuremberg Chronicle C. The Book of Kells printers in Germany collaborated to develop the ______4. and the stature of graphic illustrators increased. B. The Four Horsemen of D. Aesop’s Vita et fabulae the Apocalypse (Aesop’s Life and Tales) A. typesetter C. illustrated typographic book B. printing press D. illuminated manuscript Handmade page layouts and manuscript texts, such as In 1465, Cardinal Turrecremata of the Benedictine 8.pages created for the Nuremberg Chronicle, were used 14.monastery at Subiaco invited two German printers, as guides for woodcut illustrations, typesetting, design, and Arnold Pannartz and Konrad Sweynheym, to establish a makeup of books. These ______provide insights into press in Italy. Their type designs marked the first step in the design and production process during the 15th century. ______typography dating from classical antiquity.

A. matrices C. indulgences A. roman-style C. engraved script B. exemplars D. block books B. sans-serif D. pictographic

Famous by age twenty-seven for his detailed woodcuts William Caxton left his native England for the in the Latin and German editions of The Apocalypse, 15.textile center of Bruges (Belgium) where he set up ______9. believed German artists and craftsmen produced his own textile business as a merchant. He learned printing work inferior to that of the Italians because they lacked in Germany, and returned to Bruges to set up a press and theoretical knowledge of art and humanist philosophy. eventually went back to Britain in 1476. A scholar and a translator, what was Caxton’s main contribution to printing? A. Anton Koberger C. Martin Luther A. He established the first printing press on British soil. B. Erhard Reuwich D. Albrecht Dürer B. He published nearly all major works of English literature up to the 15th century. While graphic artists in Italy and France evolved 10.toward Renaissance book design, German graphic C. He translated and printed the first book in the English artists continued their tradition of using ______. language and thus unified their many dialects. A. Roman type and ornaments D. All of the above B. textura type and woodcut illustrations William Caxton published roughly ninety books of C. hand-lettering and illumination English literature which provide a look at life and customs16. in medieval England. Among his best known are D. sans-serif type and photographs ______. A. The Canterbury Talesand Morte d’Arthur (Death of King Handsomely illustrated in woodcuts, the German Arthur). 11.illustrated book Teuerdank depicts chivalrous adventures by the medieval Knight Teuerdank. Its Gothic, B. the ars moriendi and biblia papernum. metal-cast typeface called ______replaced the rigid textura type with type of flowing, curved, pen-like strokes. C. Teuerdank and Historia Griselda.

A. Helvetica C. Fraktur D. Nuremberg Chronicle and Peregrinationes in Montem Syon B. Comic Sans D. American Typewriter Early French printing surrounded Gothic type and woodcut illustrations with modular blocks that After Catholic theologian Martin Luther posted filled17. the space with ______. 12.his Ninety-Five Theses for debate on the door of the Castle Church, his friends passed copies to printers. This A. flowers and leaves C. birds and animals led directly to the ______, and challenged the viewpoints of Christianity throughout Europe. B. patterns and portraits D. all of a, b, and c.

A. Dark Ages C. Protestant Reformation A masterpiece of Spanish typographic design B. Christian Crusades D. French Revolution is Arñao Guillen de Brocar’s Polyglot Bible. The printer18. designed the page format to accommodate five different typographic presentations. What does the word Martin Luther’s loyal friend and follower was artist “polyglot” mean? 13.Lucas Cranach the Elder who portrayed scenes from the life of Christ juxtaposed with satirical scenes of the A. Scholastic research Pope living a life of luxury. In books and broadsides, they established examples of printed ______. B. Word of God

A. translations of the Bible. C. Church doctrines. C. Composed of many languages B. rules and regulations. D. propaganda. D. Revised version