SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bookbinding, Diamond Sutra, Concertina
5 Dec 2017
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Communication circuit, robert darnton (1982) readers become authors. Binging is to book as clothes are to body. History of fashion: changes in society, perception, cultural environment affects it, latin roman ancient time, its recognized because it represents the particular time line, books are living entities, mirroring and reflecting the specific generation and culture. Even modern books have express its history. Artists approach books as work of art. Technical task: keep pages in the intended order, provide protection (mobility) Identity (artistic quality) -> very important, it gives the uniqueness. Early history: papyrus (ancient egypt, graego-roman /pre-christian era) scroll. Early history: codex (1st and 2nd century ad) box tablet, greek invention, like a book, Non-western bookbinding structure (coptic method: strings. East-asian bookbinging structure (four-holes or japanese binding: different way of sewing technique. Diamond sutra (868 ad: what happened to overcome scrolls, to make it more useful, if the scroll get folded, its more useful, shift from scrolls to folding.
