PRINTING REVOLUTION 1450-1500

PRINTING R-EVOLUTION 1450-1500
Fifty Years that Changed Europe - I cinquant'anni che hanno cambiato l'Europa
VENICE, MUSEO CORRER AND BIBLIOTECA NAZIONALE MARCIANA, 01/09/2018 - 07/01/2019
This exhibition will show the impact of the printing revolution on the economic and social development of early modern Europe. The displays will use digital tools and an innovative communication system to present in an accessible way tens of thousands of data on the use of books. Evidence has been gathered in years of rigorous research by a large international network coordinated by the ERC-funded Oxford project 15cBOOKTRADE.
Already by the year 1500, Europe was awash with millions of books, not only for the elites, as often claimed, but for everybody, with a vast production of schoolbooks. In those first decades printing coincided with enterprise and experimenting. Books were the product of a new collaboration between different segments of society, scholarship, technology, and business, and enabled ideas to spread widely and quickly as never before. We can now trace their dissemination by tracking the movement and use of every single volume. The Church fully understood the potential of the new invention and was actively involved in its promotion.
The printing revolution is one of the pillars of European identity because it stands for wide-spread education, the pursuit of knowledge, and the formation of a shared cultural heritage. With this
exhibition the curators shall also reflect on international collaboration (humanities and technology, university and cultural heritage institutions), the impact of ERC-funded projects on society at large,
and the role of Oxford research (bringing together numerous international scholars) in Europe and the world.
Cristina Dondi (Lincoln College, Oxford) is the Principal Investigator of the 15cBOOKTRADE Project, funded by the European Research Council, and the curator of the exhibition together with her team.
All the exhibition will be in two languages, English and Italian.
www.15cBOOKTRADE.ox.ac.uk
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[@alvincoltheart799]

Really loved this study of early printed books, I have learned a lot from this presentation. Fantastic that a Venetian printer's account book has been preserved and studied, loved that part. Amazing they could print so many books in such a short time.

[@subhomondal6844]

Wow! This is amazing! What a wonderful presentation!

[@paolotinti4388]

A video that is a good lesson in History of the Book too. Compliments to Cristina Dondi and all the bibliographic staff!

[@Valentine350z]

This was absolutely fascinating! Really great job on the video. It is really strange why it doesn't make more views. People should learn about this stuff!

[@ShyamSyangtan]

Since people are rare to be found taking interest in history until one realise the importance of it, knowing the world we're living in, exactly where it was born into.

[@Laehnemann]

Never thought, our humble shared office door to 41 Wellington Square would make it into a video!

[@clarkewi]

Launched the Renaissance, the discovery of the "New World" and the modern era we continue.

[@fotisvon9943]

WOAH!

[@fotisvon9943]

Woah

[@nigelfrancis1706]

I like what Henry Woudhuysen said about form influencing content and would love to hear more about that. Anyone..?

[@alex.velasco]

Good question, I wonder too. I suppose he is referring to how form, i.e. printing technique, book trade, and so forth, affected content, i.e. the subject matter of books, the intellectual climate of the time.

[@stephen442]

The movable type metal printing press was invented in Korea in 1234 by Chwe Yoon Eyee during the Goryeo Dynasty -216 years ahead of Gutenberg in 1450. The book of Jickji Heart proves it.

[@mitonaarea5856]

It was invented in china