A Graphic Renaissance PDF - ANM102 History of Graphic and Web ...
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CHAPTER SEVEN<strong>Renaissance</strong> <strong>Graphic</strong> DesignHISTORY OF GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGNDuring the <strong>Renaissance</strong>, a remarkable library <strong>of</strong> exquisitebooks <strong>and</strong> art were created. However, during the 17thcentury, not much work was innovative as there was anabundant stock <strong>of</strong> ornaments, punches, matrixes, <strong>and</strong>woodblocks. Printers had little incentive to commissionnew graphic materials.Printing came to North America when a British locksmithnamed Stephen Daye came to the new world to establisha printing press, ending up in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The first printing was in early 1639 <strong>and</strong> the first book tobe designed <strong>and</strong> printed in the English American colonieswas called The Whole Book <strong>of</strong> Psalms.20
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