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Period: 3500 BCE to 1478
A Prologue to Design
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3300 BCE
Invention of writing
First written language was Cuneiform, a Sumerian language. -
1500 BCE
Alphabets
Minoan and Cretan had alphabets for their language. -
1300 BCE
Asian Contribution
Asia had the first instances of calligraphy on silks and language inscribed on bone -
806
Illuminated Manuscripts
Decorative and colorful european calligraphy -
Period: 1276 to
Graphic Renaissance
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1300
Printing Comes to Europe
The 1300's was the start of printing such as block printing on silk designs to printing on cards and later the invention of the printing press -
1450
German Illustrated Book
First books to have images printed onto them. -
1501
Graphic Design of the Italian Renaissance
The renaissance had a boom in art and design, along with detailed and intricate printings of books. -
Period: to
Bridge to the 20th Century
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Industrial Revolution and Typography
Industrial revolution made way for newer forms of typographic design with creators like Vincent Figgins and William Thorowgood -
Art Nouveau
This event in time saw more colorful design compared to previous bold printed heavy weighted blacks and solid colors -
Arts and Crafts Movement
Intricate woodblock illustrations featuring plants -
Genesis of 20th Century Design
Younger designers coming up to change the art world -
Period: to
Modernist Era
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Influences of Modern Art
Futurism was one of the newer styles to come out of early modern art that featured big bold colors and words which were more of a visualization of sound -
Bauhaus
Bauhaus had a great influence and impact on the earlier modern era of design -
Period: to
Age of Information
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Pictoral Modernism
Featuring more shade and dimension in graphic design and print along with bold shadows and color -
New York School
More color and much more closely aligned with the graphic design of now -
International Typographic Style
Saw a boom in typography and new typefaces and styles which were cleaner and more uniform than past type -
The conceptual Image
More graphic design, more vibrancy and dynamics with a modernization and alteration of older styles