From typefounding through typesetting to the printing process itself, this narrative offers a fresh look at the unprecedented success story of the spread of the 'black art' right across Europe in a mere 40 years. Stephan FÃ¼ssel here analyses the first early printings, placing them in the context of the history of communication and the intellectual climate of a Europe-wide educated elite by about 1500. He foregrounds the tremendous rise in European culture and the history of education experienced as a direct result of this media revolution. In separate chapters FÃ¼ssel depicts the fast spreading of the art of printing to Italy, France and England, at the same time highlighting the importance of the art of printing for the Roman Catholic Church, the Reformation, the University and the economy. From herbals to a guide for midwives, the present book shows popular instruction at work in the vernacular, as well as the consolidation of knowledge into encyclopedias in the early modern period, and the emergence of new forms of the prose novel and the beginnings of newspapers and periodicals. Finally Stephan FÃ¼ssel traces the modern resonances of Gutenberg's invention, which persisted in virtually unchanged form for a further 350 years. It underwent decisive technological change through industrialisation and mechanisation in the nineteenth century, and again through digitalisation at the close of the twentieth century. However, as FÃ¼ssel shows, the mass diffusion of information and the related communications revolution which began with Gutenberg continue unabated.

Gutenberg and the Impact of Printing

Füssel, Stephan

Biographies & Memoirs

Routledge

<div>Named "Man of the Millennium" in 1999, Johannes Gutenberg was the creator of one of the most influential and revolutionary inventions in Europe's history: a printing press with mechanical movable type. This development sparked the printing revolution, which is regarded as the milestone of the second millennium and represents one of the central contributions in the turn to modernity. His printing press came to play a key role in the development of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Age of Enlightenment, providing the material foundation for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses. His invention revolutionized the way that information is shared and broadened the boundaries of who has access to written knowledge. Paving the way for bibliophiles of today, the Gutenberg Bible of 1454 remains one of the most famous books in history. Gutenberg's technical innovations remained unrivalled for almost 350 years, until industrialization of the printing industry and the digital revolution built on the advances that he began, increasing the rate at which information is spread. Despite his significance in forming the world as we know it, there has not yet been a rigorous and accessible biography of Gutenberg published in English. Written by the leading expert on Gutenberg, Füssel's biography brings together high academic standards and thorough historical details in a highly readable text that conveys everything you need to know about the man who changed printing forever. &nbsp;</div>

Gutenberg (Life & Times)

Historical

Haus Publishing

Historia von D. Johann Fausten.

Kreutzer, Hans Joachim

Reclam, Ditzingen

Gutenberg und seine Wirkung (German Edition)

Business & Money

Industries

Insel

Die Welt im Buch: Buchkünstlerischer und humanistischer Kontext der Schedelschen Weltchronik von 1493 (Kleiner Druck der Gutenberg-Gesellschaft) (German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Gutenberg-Gesellschaft

Thefirst Bible for the people Martin Luther's Bible, first printed in 1534, was not only the first complete German publication of the Bible but also a major eventin the history of Christianity. Luther's revolutionary translation, very modernin vernacular and interpretation, made the Bible accessible to laypeople for the first time in history and gave life to a new religion: Protestantism. The Luther Bible remains the most widely used version in the Germanic world today. In commemoration of Year of the Bible (2003), TASCHEN is publishing a sumptuous reprint of this seminal book. Including both the Old and New Testaments, separated into two volumes totaling over 1800 pages, TASCHEN's complete Luther Bible has been meticulously reproduced from a rare colored copy of the original. Careful attention has been paid to Lucas Cranach's woodcuts and elaborate ornaments, which are printed in color and gold so as to be perfectly faithful to the original. Contained in a third volume is Stephan F]ssel's introduction, providing an overviewof Luther's life, a discussion of the significance of his bible, and detailed descriptions of the illustrations. 
The author: Stephan F]ssel is Director of the Institute of the History of the Book at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, and holder of the Gutenberg Chair at the same university. He is Presidentof the Willibald Pirckheimer Society for Renaissance and Humanist Studies, member of the board of the International Gutenberg Society and editor of the annual Gutenberg Jahrbuch and Pirckheimer Jahrbuch. He has published widely on early printing, on bookselling and publishing from the 18th to the 20th century, and on the future of c

The Luther Bible of 1534

Arts & Photography

Religious

Taschen

THE AMAZING TALES OF THE KNIGHT THEUERDANK AND HIS COMPANION, EHRENHOLD, COMPRISE THE LAST GREAT EPIC VERSE OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES. THE COURAGEOUS KNIGHT'S JOURNEY TO WOO HIS FUTURE WIFE, MARY OF BURGANDY, AND HIS TRIUMPH IN BATTLES AND OTHER DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ARE THE FOCUS OF THIS HIGHLY EMBELLISHED ""REAL-LIFE"" STORY OF EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN ] (1459-1519). KING OF GERMANY BEFORE BECOMING HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR IN 1508, MAXIMILIAN WAS A GREAT PATRON OF THE ARTS AND COMMISSIONED A TRILOGY OF ORNATE, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS TO IMMORTALIZE HIS EXISTENCE. THEUERDANK, THE ONLY VOLUME TO BE PUBLISHED DURING HIS LIFETIME, WAS COMPOSED BY MELCHIOR PFINZING BASED ON MAXIMILIAN'S RATHER FANCIFUL DRAFT. THE 118 ORNATE, COLD-ADORNED WOODCUTS--ONE FOR EACH CHAPTER--WERE MADE BY HANS BURCKMAIR THE ELDER, HANS SCHAUFELEIN, AND LEONHARD BECK, WHILE THE TYPEFACE (KNOWN AS THE THEUERDANK TYPEFACE AND CHARACTERIZED BY ITS STRIKING ""ELEPHANT TRUNKS"") WAS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE BOOK BY THE PRINTING WORKSHOP OF HANS SCHONSPERGER THE ELDER. THEUERDANK (WHICH MEANS, LITERALLY, ""PRECIOUS THANKS"") IS BOTH OF GREAT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY, AND YET THE ONLY COMPLETE REPRINTS PUBLISHED--NONE OF WHICH IS STILL IN PRINT--HAVE BEEN IN BLACK AND WHITE. UNCOLORED 16TH CENTURY ORIGINALS SOMETIMES SURFACE AND HAVE FETCHED PRICES UP TO 35.000, BUT NOW THE ENTIRE WORK CAN BE APPRECIATED, IN STUNNING COLOR AND QUALITY, FOR A MUCH MORE MODEST SUM. TASCHEN's COMPLETE COLOR REPRINT, MADE TO EXACTING STANDARDS FROM AN EXTREMELY RARE HAND-COLORED ORIGINAL FROM THE BYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, MUNICH, IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN 88-PAGE COMPANION BOOKLET CONTAINING AN ESSAY BY STEPHAN FUSSEL (COVERING MAXIMILIAN'S LIFEAND WORK, AS WELL AS HIS ROLE IN THE ART OF PRINTING AND USE OF PRINTED MATERIALS) AND SELECTIONS FROM MELCHIOR PFINZING'S ORIGINAL CLAVIS, OR ""KEY,"" WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL TO KINDLY POINT OUT TO MAXIMILIAN'S CONTEMPORARIES EXACTLY WHAT PART OF THE TALES WERE MORE FICTION THAN FACT. THE BOOKLET ALSO CONTAINS A CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER RETELLING OF THE TALES IN MODERN VERNACULAR, EXPLORING THE NARRATIVE STRATEGY AND REAL EVENTS BEHIND THE ALLEGORIES.

The Adventures of the Knight Theuerdank

Graphic Design

Taschen America, LLC

Schedel'sche Weltchronik.

Schedel, Hartmann

Taschen Verlag

The birth of the legendary typeface: The complete reproduction of Bodoni's rare masterwork Celebrated printer and type designer Giambattista Bodoni set the standard for printing the alphabet with his Manuale tipografico (1818). The two-volume set—published posthumously in a limited edition of 250—features 142 sets of roman and italic typefaces, a wide selection of borders, ornaments, symbols, and flowers, as well as Greek, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, Phoenician, Armenian, Coptic, and Tibetan alphabets. Official printer for the Duke of Parma, Bodoni (1740-1813) declared that well-designed type derived its beauty from four principles: uniformity of design, sharpness and neatness, good taste, and charm. His typefaces display an unprecedented degree of technical refinement, and epitomize purity and grace. The culmination of more than four decades of work, the Manuale tipografico represents one of history's greatest typographical achievements. The Bodoni typeface is still widely used even today, both in digital media and in print, and TASCHEN’s meticulous reprint of Bodoni’s masterwork gives readers a rare opportunity to explore the origins of the Bodoni typeface and learn about its creator.

Bodoni: Manual of Typography

Die Luther-Bibel von 1534

Taschen Deutschland GmbH+

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