YSDN 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pierre Simon, Champfleury, Giambattista Bodoni
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Pivotal figure between fall of rome and rise of byzantine empire. After this point in time, women were seen as being the carriers of sin" (eve with the apple) Defines european life for the next few millennia. Time when religion puts precedence over everything else. Most people were very focused on preserving the soul, so they can go to heaven. 632 ce (cid:1441)common era(cid:1442) death of , rise of islam (expanded to 3x larger than christian kingdom) Islam had rich dynamic cultural life, where christianity did not. The west did not develop on its own. The silk road common passages used over a large pd of time, for trade and expansion. 1276 ce a paper mill is established in fabriano, italy. Illuminated text drew from graphic design costumes and decorations found in texts taken from. Introduction of book architecture with sectional separators, such as chapters, running heads, indices, and table of concepts to easily locate a passage.