Chapter 6: The German Illustrated Book & Chapter 7: Renaissance Graphic Design

Gutenberg's invention of typography named the period the Incunabula period, meaning the beginning and birth.  Typographic printing lowered the cost of books, increased literacy, and influenced the Protestant movement of the Reformation era with help from Martin Luther.  Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses for debate were posted on the door of Castle Church, his friends passed them on to printers who made many copies which  then spread Luther's beliefs throughout central Europe, creating Lutherism.  Albrecht Durer's broadside prints were very popular, his Rhinoceros being the most popular.  Broadside printing was when there was printing on both sides of a single leaf of paper.  Martin Luther also used broadside printing.  

Chapter seven is about the Italian Renaissance. Borders and initials became part of design, different type sizes and styles were created and used.  Italic and roman text style was created, pocket books invented, and page numbers were printed.  Italian renaissance was passed to France where Geoffroy Tory became "the Renaissance Man".  Tory created the apostrophe, the accent, the cedilla, 13 different alphabets, and studied 12 different fields. In the seventeenth century graphic design innovations slowed because of all the left over print materials there was no need for new layouts or typefaces.  Printing then moved to the North American colonies where The Whole Book of Psalms was the first book to be designed and printed.  When more and more printers arrived in the colonies a revolution began to brew just as it had in Europe. 

I found Geoffroy Troy to be an amazing person.  Troy was educated in 12 different fields, designed things we still use today on a daily basis, he was a teacher, the king's printer, and accomplished much more.  He achieved a lot for just one person and I think that he is the exact definition of a Renaissance Man.

What is crible?