Chronologies of Print Lecture

Todays lecture with Amber was an interesting insight into the history of print and how it evolved. 

Cronology- noun
The sequential order in which past events occur. 

Print
To produce (a text, picture, ect.) by applying ink to types, plates and blocks. 
To repoduce a design or pattern
A form of design or pattern
To produce a body of text to be published to print

If it is printed then it is true. It is correct and factual.

Documentaion. Communication. Reproduction.

Printing has been available in Europe since BC

Religion has strangely had a massive impact on print and has made it develop massively. 

KNOWLEGE IS POWER 
The more you know the more you realise you don't know

Medium is message 
Marshall McLunan 1911- 1980 
Canadian philosopher of communication theory. His work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory, as well as having practical applications in the advertising and television industries. 

1884- Newpapers would only be 8 pages long, cheap and easy to produce

Etching
Print making as image
Engraving 
Making plates
Oldest examples have religious themes
Mass Communication 

Above is an example of William Morris' print. William Morris was the single most influential designer of the nineteenth century, and remains today one of the best known of all British designers. This is due to his extraordinary talent as a pattern designer, his colourful and inspiring life story and to his forceful intellect and personality. Morris was much more than a designer; he was a fervent socialist, scholar, translator and publisher, an environmental campaigner, writer and poet. 

A print of both txt of image by Obey. OBEY unveils its latest print entitled the “Eye Alert”. Produced in a limited run of only 350 prints, the piece is hand numbered and signed by Shepard. 

If it is print then it is true!