History Of Graphic Design Ι

SYLLABUS

The course covers the periods:

15th c.: The invention of printing and the first editions (incunabula). The introduction of wood cuts in book illustration. The appearance of the first Greek books in Italy and the famous editions of Aldus Manutius.

16th c.: The growth of book production in Italy, France, Germany, and the Low countries. The use of engraving methods. The influence of the Grecs du roi type and the Greek editions in France, Flanders and Holland.

16th – 17th c.: The printed Atlases in the Age of Discovery and the developments in book design throughout Europe.

18th c.: The Age of Reason and the publication of the Encyclopedia. The English contribution in type cutting and the influence of Romanticism in typography. The end of the Byzantine ligatures in Greek editions and the Greek printers of the Enlightenment in Italy, Austria, Germany and Istanbul.

19th c.: The impact of the Industrial Revolution in printing technology and book aesthetics after the introduction of Lithography and Photography. The movement of the Pre-Raphaelites/Arts and Crafts, the use of typography and graphic design in commerce and the development of Art Nouveau. Greek printing during the Greek Revolution and the developments in the printing trade in the new Greek State

ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Greek sources

1. Φραγκόπουλος, Μ. (2006), Εισαγωγή στην ιστορία και τη θεωρία του Graphic Design, Futura Press.
2. Ματθιόπουλος, Γ. (2009), Ανθολόγιο ελληνικής τυπογραφίας. Συνοπτική ιστορία της τέχνης του εντύπου ελληνικού βιβλίου από τον 15ο έως τον 20ό αιώνα, ΠΕΚ.
3. Καρυκόπουλος, Π. (1976), Από τον Γκούτεμπεργκ στην ηλεκτρονική τυπογραφία, Ιδιωτική έκδοση.
4. Μαστορίδης, Κλ. (1999), Casting the Greek Newspaper, ΕΛΙΑ.
5. Σκλαβενίτης Τρ., – Στάικος, Κ., (επιμ.), (2004), Το έντυπο ελληνικό βιβλίο. 15ος -19ος αιώνας, Κότινος.
6. Στάικος, Κ. – Σκλαβενίτης Τρ., (επιμ.), (2004), Πεντακόσια χρόνια έντυπης παράδοσης του Νέου Ελληνισμού (1499-1999), Βουλή των Ελλήνων.

International sources

1. Barker, N. (1992), Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script and Type in the Fifteenth Century, Fordham Univ. Press.
2. Chappell, W. (1971), A Short History of the Printed Word, New York.
3. Davies, M. (1995), Aldus Manutius. Printer and Publisher, The British Library.
4. Eisenstein, E. (2006), Η τυπογραφική επανάσταση στις απαρχές της νεότερης Ευρώπης, Β. Τομανάς (μτφρ.), Τυποφιλία.
5. Johnston, E. (1906), Writing & Illuminating & Lettering, London.
6. Meggs, Ph. (1983), A History of Graphic Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold.
7. Moran, J. (1973), Printing Presses. History and Development from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times, LFaber & Faber.
8. Morison, S. (1957), First Principles of Typography, CUP.
9. Stenberg, S. (1955), Five Hundred Years of Printing, Penguin Press.

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