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DSGN 211 Final Flashcards

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What is the name for something that was printed within the first 50 years of printmaking?

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Incunabula

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What were the one-sided printed sheets of paper that were poster-like and commonly used spread information in the incunabula period?

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Broadsides

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What were the two-sided, printed, pamphlet-like sheets used to spread information in the incunabula period?

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Broadsheets

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What is the incipit of a text?

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The opening words.

Before titles, they used to also name the book.

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What was the geographical printing center of Europe in the 1400s?

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Nuremberg

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What was the manuscript that provided layout and design guidance for compositors?

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Exemplar

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What does a criblé style capital?

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A nature-inspired capital made from a woodcut and placed in the text after the printing.

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Which non-printing figure is known for the broadsides that he used as propaganda for his religious messages?

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Martin Luther

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What is the name of the Bamburg printer that first began to illustrate his books with woodblock prints?

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Albrecht Pfister

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Which printer became known for his unique tonal range in his book layouts leading him to becoming very affluent in Augsburg?

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Günther Zainer

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Which printer is known for introducing woodcut prints that were not enclosed by a rectangular frame, leaving wide margins, and incorporating simple outline initials?

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Johann Zainer

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Which printer has been credited as the first illustrator for his work on the first travel book (Travels to Mount Zion) which also happened to have to first fold-out pages?

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Erhard Reuwich

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What is the name of Germany’s most esteemed printer in the 1400s with a large printing firm responsible for printing the Nuremberg Chronicles?

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Anton Koberger

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What were the Nuremberg Chronicles?

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A 600 page book recording the history of the world from the biblical dawn of time to 1493.

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Who was hired to scribe exemplars for Koberger’s printing firm?

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Michael Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff

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Which printer apprenticed under Wolgemut then went on to thoroughly study art in Italy?

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Albrecht Dürer

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What is the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

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A woodcut illustration by Dürer. Shows spiritual power of history and artistic mastery in the German renaissance.

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What is the name of the student of Dürer who went on to do woodcut illustrations and was eventually commissioned by many political figureheads?

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Hans Schäufelein

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What is the name of the printer, bookseller, and two-time mayor of Wittenberg that was friends with Martin Luther and helped him print his broadsides?

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Lucas Cranach the Elder

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What were the names of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s sons who joined his studio?

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Hans Cranach and Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Which one of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s son still has work that survived and continued the family legacy?

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Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Which two printers worked on designing typefaces that marked the first step toward a Roman-style typography?

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Conrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz

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What kind of scripts did Swynheym and Pannartz base their double alphabet off of?

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inth century Caroline minuscules combined with Roman capitals

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Which printer is credited for printing the first typographic book in the English language?

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William Caxton

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Which French printer introduced the criblé technique?

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Phillipe Pigouchet

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What is the name of the Spanish printer who designed the title page for Aureum Opus?

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Diego de Gumiel

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Which printer designed the Polygot Bible?

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Arena Guillen de Brocar

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What is the Polygot Bible?

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A bible in five languages all in the same book.

Every page has the same text five times for each language.

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What does Renaissance mean?

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“Revival” or “Rebirth”

The transition from the medieval to the modern world.

30
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What are trademarks?

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Marks that identify a book as made by a specific printer.

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What is a type specimen sheet?

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A sheet that shows a range of typographic styles and sizes for a typeface.

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What are fleurons?

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Printer’s flowers. Decorative elements that could be cast like type and included in lines of type when printing.

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What is Humanism?

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A philosophy of human dignity and worth that defined humans as capable of using reason and scientific inquiry to achieve both an understanding of the world and self-meaning.

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What is a pocket book?

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A book with a smaller page size making it more economical.

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What is cancelleresca?

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A slanted handwriting style favored by scholars in the days of manuscripts.

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What is a renaissance man?

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An individual of genius whose various philosophic, literary, artistic, or scientific disciplines result in important contributions to more than one field.

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What does headpiece refer to?

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A decorative piece at the head of a page, chapter, etc.

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What does tailpiece refer to?

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A small decorative design at the end of a chapter or at the bottom of a page.

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Which printer not only established the first press in Venice but also basically introduced Old Style and started using page numbers in books?

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Johannes de Spira

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Nicolas Jenson

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Erhard Ratdolt

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Johannes Nicolai de Verona

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Aldus Manutius

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Francesco da Bologna (Griffo)

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Ludovico degli Arrighi

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Henri Estienne

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Simon de Colines

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Robert Estienne

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Geoffroy Troy

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50
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Claude Garamond

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51
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Oronce Finé

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Johann Froben

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53
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Hans Holbein the Younger

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Johann Oporinus

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Jean de Tournes

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56
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Robert Granjon

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57
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Christophe Plantin

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58
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Stephen and Matthew Daye

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59
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Abraham Bosse

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60
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N. de Larmessin

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61
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Christoffel van Dyck

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62
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What’s the name of the document Martin Luther posted as broadside on the door of Castle Church?

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Ninety-Five Theses

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