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- Introduction
- The First Printed Books
- Print in Japan
- Kitagawa Utamaro: Ukiyo-e
- Print Comes to Europe I
- Print Comes to Europe II
- Gutenberg and the Printing Press I
- Gutenberg and the Printing Press II
- The Print Revolution and Its Impact
- Religious Debates and Fear of Print
- Martin Luther: Protestant Reformation
- Print and Dissent
- The Reading Mania
- Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world!
- Print Culture and the French Revolution
- The Nineteenth Century
- Further Innovations
- India and the World of Print
- Print Comes to India I
- Print Comes to India II
- Religious Reform and Public Debates I
- Religious Reform and Public Debates II
- Religious Reform and Public Debates III
- New Forms of Publication
- Women and Print I
- Women and Print II
- Print and the Poor People
- Print and Censorship
- Frequently Asked Questions
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Antnoduction
Con you imogine a work! without a printed matter ©”
Print and we. ©
FE Gnagine a 4me before the Coning up of print © Gokar Foal)
+ Print Tiself has @ histony
What we ane going to Study in this chapten 7
Evolution of Print + East asia — fwrope — India i
2 Tinpoct of techdegy ion pri
How Social lives and Cullues changed with tre
Coming up of print
WWestenn perspective
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The finst Printed Books
The eanlest kod of Print technology —» System of hand printing
>From aD 534 owards , books in china wone printed by nubbing paper agoinst the inked
# Buneat chal System increased the volume of Print sunface of Weodblocks. ©”
*Recruilement thhough exars > Pinking of Books. + Both the sides of pope could
7 fas) Pot be printed O77
3 th the enengance of urban Glture, usevoF pint dived) T° Ty ps chash
used by Merchants upcoming of ‘View Meadenship
[Rich waren Rood, Publish ond usa-prot]. | */Tradtanol Chinese book
Shift fron hond printing to mechanical printing, @) Pecordion book
> Techrelogy, Western-style Schads ele Role of Soubes ©”
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‘Punt in Japan.
* Buddhist Masinanes + Trbredueed Hord printing techrelogy nto Japon [AD 748-740]
# Oldest Japanese book Printed in AD 868 + ‘Diomend Sula”
Containing Sic sheets of text and woodcut illustrations
Divensifed use of print
“Pink on texble, plng Crd and papen money, .
“Publishing of visual motenil Jot +> intresting publishing practices.
*Pointings depicting an elegant Unban Cullure, involving axtists, Cuntesans ord teahouse gothenings
Books cn vakious topics [Women, Musical instruments, Calculations etc]
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Kitagawa Utomand’s Ukiyo_
lho was He/she/ Painting on what?
An Artist — Born in Edoftekyo]in 1353, Known for his Gntiibution to an axt form
2 This ant form brovelled to Contemporary Colle “Ukiyo”
US and Eukope ond influenced axtist
like Monet, Monet and van Gogh
sPictune ‘of flooting wonld
“In this’ form of pointing ondinany human
Experiences, live Sene of day to day
Hie one beng depicted dough the
paintings
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a
ilk noute > Silk, Spices and papen reached Europe [Manuscripts weke produced]
# Th 1295, Manco Polo Thalian explonen
Returned to FHaly from China
He took the hale of wood -
block printing along with him.
4
Now books wene produced in Taly by woedblack
Punting technology.
x: Anishochatic and Rich + Book wiflen on expensive vellum by hand
x¢Menchants and Students -» bought cheapen printed Copies.
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3 2 Manuscripts were not in a position to satisfy
Demond for books increased) Ihe even-incheasing demand fon books ©”
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Booksdllos Started exporting books +t was an expensive, Jabonious and time-
Consuming business. Manuscripts were fragile
[Book foins, Handonitten manuscnipt
> \ awkward to handle, Cannot be Cannied around
were also produced by Senibs) easily, nead easily, limited Cinculation.©
>Scnibes wee no longen Solely
Employed by wealthy people only,
Booksellers also hine them.
>tlecdblock prinking was a Viable alternative
a Still thene was a great need fon even quicken
xe But then also demand and cheaper reproduction of text.
Demand # Supply Relief was brought by Johann Gutenbe gO
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Gutenberg and_the Brinking Phess -T
+ Johann Gutenbeng
L
Germany, Son of a menchant
Hed UP On a lange aghicultunal
estate [Seen wine and olive presses]
t
He learnt the ant of polishin,
Stones, became a masten goldsmith.
#Leanning from this knowledge , He
adapted existing technology to design
his innovation or a ;
What did he do ? And How ?
Olive press provided a mode
of Printing
press @ Alphabeb wene|made using the moulds
of metal = Mechanical printing press.
horde» Sones
A <—Ploten eae
f ] APU
Print Block _* Pleten view
By 1948, Gutenbeng penfected this System
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Gutenberg an the Pain| ing Pness -
+ The finsb book he printed was ‘Bible’
+180 Copies in 3 yeons [By the stondands of time this-was the fast Pnoduction |
The new technology did not enlinely displaced the existing ank of producing books
by hands. ©” How?? .
> Printed books resembled the wnitlen manuschipts in, appeanance and layout oO
“Metal leHen looks like the hondwnitten styles.
“Borders wene illuminated by hand Ls,
-filustnotions were painted.
+Space fox deconation wos kept blank.
4 Production + £0 Million = Zoo Millin books =(Phint Revolution
I No two Copies were Same.|)
B Mgne BrainsWhy it is noun as Revolution + Tt changed the lives of the people, Relationship to
; infonmation and knowledge, Institutions and outhonities
2A New Reading Public TE gave @ new way of \eking at things
>Phinting press Reading Restricted +a Eiets. Common prop Oral Gtune
Reduced ab Gost of knowledge was transfemed onolly Fests were Kead out, ballads|
printing books Inecited, folk ales nannated
Multiple Copies Could 2 Phink Revolution Hearing public. and Heading pubic intermingled
be produced with qveaten | Orly Wenale Gould read the books
ee 3 “50: ublahene storded publishing populon ballads and
a YI folk tales. These wene then Sung af gathenings ond Tavenns
+ By this even those who Could not nead Centainly enjoy
listening 4o books being xeod out
Created a new Culture of
Reading
B Mgne Brainsint + Fossibility of Circulation of idea.
2 Rebellious and. ixtiligious
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Even those who disagreed with thoughts might Spread.
established authority Gould now
prink ond nee thein Ideas. “éAuthonity of valuable’
They Could pensuada. people 4o think diferently \_ltexetune would be desboyed
4 Nob evettyone welcomed the punk”
=Apprehensive about the impact of print on
People’s mind.
Many Heligicus authonities, monarchs
taritens ond antists Cniticised printed
liferiatune on this ground,
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Martin Luthen [Protestant Refonmalion)
Tn 151 + Martin Luther [Religious Reformer] What wns the Role of Phink inthis
4
Wrote Ninety five Theses
Cniticising many of the practices
and rituals of the Roman catholic
chunch. |
Challenged the chunch to debate
his idea.
|
Beginning of Photestant Reformation
THis wnittings™ Wene nepnoduced in vast
rumbens and Head widely,
His tnanslotion of the New Testament
Sald 5000 Gpies within a few week.
>His Statement —
“Printing is ultimale gift of god ond
the greatest one?
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Print a Dissent
+ Bink — Tndviduol interpretations of faith, [Even among lilfle- educated: Section)
@g. -Menoechio {miller in Iely ]
“Began to neod books available in his localty.
-Reintenpneted the message of Bible
+ Ennoged the Roman Catholic church
2 Dnquisition. by Roman chunch to Hepress henetical ideas [Executed Menocchio}
2 The Roman Church began to maintain an Index of Prohibited Books from 1558,
>To Contnol publishers and Booksellers.
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>chunches of diffenent
bout _Gunnent affairs with ententai
denominations set up Schools
260 t0 Bo percent LR + Newspapers and. journals Canhied information.
“Created a virtual Heading mania. about war and trade
3. New forms of Populan literatune appeared! %: Ideas. of Scientists and Philosophens
> Almanacs, bollads ond folktales , Chapbooks becami accessib|
> Biliotheque Bleue in France, 7 Mens ood pele diagrams wene
+Histonies ancl Romances. haery pointe
This type of matetial was Sold by pedlans | * Discovenies of Isaas Newton,
Employed by booksellens > Writing of thinkens Such as Poine
Voltaine Rousseau wene also widely printed
B Mgne Brains+ Could Change the world.
Liberate Society from despotism and tynonny,
Louise - Sebastien Mencien.
“The printing press is the most powenful engine of pnoghess and public opinion
is the froce thot will Sweep-despotism away’
He was a novelist.
Henoes ~%Enlightment — Ack of Reading,
He only proclaimed :“Tnemble, thenefone tynants of the world! Tremble befone
the vintual writen |?
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