Print Culture and the Modern World Class 10 PPT

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?In this chapter we will look at the
development of print, from its beginnings44 in
East Asia to its expansion in Europe and in
India.
?We will understand the impact of the spread
of technology and consider how social lives
and cultures changed with the coming of
print.
INTRODUCTION...
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?In this chapter we will look at the
development of print, from its beginnings44 in
East Asia to its expansion in Europe and in
India.
?We will understand the impact of the spread
of technology and consider how social lives
and cultures changed with the coming of
print.
INTRODUCTION...
MAKING OF BOOK BEFORE 
INTRODUCTION OF PRINT
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?In this chapter we will look at the
development of print, from its beginnings44 in
East Asia to its expansion in Europe and in
India.
?We will understand the impact of the spread
of technology and consider how social lives
and cultures changed with the coming of
print.
INTRODUCTION...
MAKING OF BOOK BEFORE 
INTRODUCTION OF PRINT
THE FIRST PRINTED
BOOKS 
?The earliest kind of print technology
developed in China, Japan and Korea,
called hand printing.
?From AD 576 onwards, books in
China were printed by rubbing paper
against inked surface of woodblocks.
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?In this chapter we will look at the
development of print, from its beginnings44 in
East Asia to its expansion in Europe and in
India.
?We will understand the impact of the spread
of technology and consider how social lives
and cultures changed with the coming of
print.
INTRODUCTION...
MAKING OF BOOK BEFORE 
INTRODUCTION OF PRINT
THE FIRST PRINTED
BOOKS 
?The earliest kind of print technology
developed in China, Japan and Korea,
called hand printing.
?From AD 576 onwards, books in
China were printed by rubbing paper
against inked surface of woodblocks.
ACCORDION BOOK
?The traditional Chinese ‘accordion
book’ was folded and stitched at the side.
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?In this chapter we will look at the
development of print, from its beginnings44 in
East Asia to its expansion in Europe and in
India.
?We will understand the impact of the spread
of technology and consider how social lives
and cultures changed with the coming of
print.
INTRODUCTION...
MAKING OF BOOK BEFORE 
INTRODUCTION OF PRINT
THE FIRST PRINTED
BOOKS 
?The earliest kind of print technology
developed in China, Japan and Korea,
called hand printing.
?From AD 576 onwards, books in
China were printed by rubbing paper
against inked surface of woodblocks.
ACCORDION BOOK
?The traditional Chinese ‘accordion
book’ was folded and stitched at the side.
CALLIGRAPHY
?Calligraphy is the art of beautiful and
stylized writing.
?Superbly skilled craftsmen could duplicate
it with accuracy.