Illustration Used In The 1800s

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With Renaissance came new music, literature, art and publications that were mess produced and distributed to wider audience. Johannes Gutenberg invented mechanical printing in 1452 and with that came woodcuts and engraved prints as a styles for producing images, idea and entertainment for all people to experience art. Starting industrial revolution in the mid- 1700’s illustration became the part of a daily life. Commercial illustration was used for works of children educational material for school, natural history plates and book covers and newspapers. In the early 1800’s illustration was accepted as a profession, many popular book writers used illustration in their books such as Charles Dickens. Not only in Europe but in USA, illustration

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