1. The Industrial Revolution started in England between 1760 and 1840. It was a radical process of social and economic change rather than a mere historical period. What was going on at the time was that human power were the primary sources of energy. Cities began to grow and people began to change their out look on life. Civilization was shifting from an interest in humanist values toward a preoccupation with material goods and that people were losing their ties with nature, aesthetic experience, and spiritual values.
2. Robert Thorne created a fat-face typestyle is a roman face whose contrast and weight have been increased by expanding the thickness of the heavy strokes. The stroke width has a ratio of 1:2:5 or even 1:2 to the capital height.
William Caslon IV invented sans-serif type. This font was decorative fonts in capitals and one line of medium-weight monoline serifless capitals, It looked a lot like Egyptian face with serifs removed. Currently close to today's 14 point.
3. A wood type poster is a piece of wood that was basically imprinted in with different fonts, sizes, and styles. It was durable light wood and cheaper than large metal types.
4. The most important invention was the first steam-powered cylinder press created by Koenig. It caused the speed of printing to skyrocket while the price dropped considerably. It made things go quicker and easier for the printer!
5. I don't have a scanner at home so they are in my sketch book!
6. Joseph Niepce invented photography and he did it because he wanted to find another way to transfer drawings onto printing plates. He wanted to make plates other than by drawing!
7. I found the photograph that was taken by F.T. Nadar, "Sarah Bernhardt" 1859. It was of a famous actress who took Paris by surprise and became a major subject for the emerging French Poster. I love this photograph because it looks very realistic and something about her face just shows beauty and how she is sitting or standing. Her body language is telling us almost of her own story. I just like how simple it is and how focused it is on the actual person rather than other things.
8. Waterfall
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