A Brief History of Graphic Design

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A Brief History of Graphic Design

• Dr. Jayne Moore

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From Herbert Bayer 16 March 1979

• The creative process is not formed by the skilled
  hand alone, but must be a unified process which
  head, heart, and hand play a simultaneous role.

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Quote 2

• I quote the Japanese saying, first acquire an
  infallible technique then open yourself to
  inspiration.

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Quote 3

• The human being as a manifestation of the supreme
  spirit of the source of life performs what he is
  given to do. in the consciousness of I of myself
  can do nothing the artist becomes a transparency
  through which the creative principle operates.

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Pre-history

• Why do we write?
• http//www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/
  en/
• From the Met a timeline of art
• http//www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

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Hieroglyphics

• http//www.netserves.com/moca/lectures/iga/iga1.ht
  m
• For Fun
• http//www.quizland.com/hiero.htm

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Calligraphy

• http//japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa061698.
  htm
• http//www.wavedancing.net/history/
• http//www.rice-paper.com/uses/calligraphy/history
  /han.html

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The Renaissance

• Wood Block http//www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wifb/h
  d_wifb.htm
• http//www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wivf/hd_wivf.htm

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Printing

• Printing Press Timeline1041 Movable clay type
  invented in China.1436 Gutenberg began work on a
  printing press.1440 Gutenberg completed his
  wooden press, which used movable metal type.1461
  The first illustrated book is printed, Edelstein,
  featuring a number of woodcuts.1477 England
  prints its first book.1499 Printing is
  established in more than 250 cities around
  Europe.1550 Metal screw threads replace wooden
  ones to aid the power action of printing
  presses.1584 Cambridge University begins
  printing. Still active today.1593 Shakespeare's
  Venus Adonis is printed1609 Johan Carolus of
  Strasbourg prints the world's first
  newspaper.1637 A decree limits the number of
  printers and foundries in England.1639 Stephen
  Day sets up the first printing press in the
  United States.1644 The Licensing Act is passed
  and anything printed is subject to censorship in
  England.1689 The Declaration of Rights is
  issued, leading to the end of the Licensing Act
  in England.1690 America begins to print paper
  money.1694 The Licensing Act expires and is not
  renewed.1699 By this year, 150 paper mills in
  England employ over 2,500 workers.1720 France
  begins to print paper money.

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Gutenberg and his Bible

• http//www.bl.uk/treasures/gutenberg/homepage.html
  

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More to Follow From YOU!

• Break into groups of three and select one of the
  following topics to prepare
• Information to present to the class next
  Wednesday.
• Illustrated manuscripts
• Typography
• Photography
• Bauhaus
• The Arts and Crafts Movement
• Art Nouveau
• Pop Art