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Reading119 Sculpture

Collection of photographic images of works of art: the world of books and reading<br>(You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading themu2026

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Reading119 Sculpture

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  1. Reading 119

  2. Frankfurt am Main Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of book printing and his printers and patrons, Hans Fust and Peter Schöffer

  3. Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468) invented the printing press in the 1450's, and the first book to ever be printed was a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany. Gutenberg’s Bibles were surprisingly beautiful, as each leaf Gutenberg printed was later colorfully hand-illuminated. Frankfurt am Main, Johann Gutenberg monument by Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1840)

  4. Frankfurt am Main Johann Gutenberg (1398-1468) Rossmarkt

  5. Frankfurt library Ironically, though he had created what many believe to be the most important invention in history, Gutenberg was a victim of unscrupulous business associates who took control of his business and left him in poverty

  6. Nevertheless, the invention of the movable-type printing press meant that Bibles and books could finally be effectively produced in large quantities in a short period of time. This was essential to the success of the Reformation

  7. Frankfurt am Main Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468) by Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1840) Detail of the Gutenberg statue: Allegory of Theology

  8. Detail of the Gutenberg statue: Allegory of Theology Detail of the Gutenberg statue: Allegory of Industry

  9. Frankfurt am Main Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468) and his bible

  10. Mainz, Germany Mainz Cathedral from the Gutenbergplatz, with the Statue of Gutenberg by Thorvaldsen

  11. Mainz, Germany The Cathedral and the monument of Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468) by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844)

  12. Detail of the Gutenberg statue: a relief on the right side of the statue base shows Gutenberg reading a newly printed book while his assistant is busy with the printing press

  13. Born as “Johann Gensfleisch” (John Gooseflesh), he preferred to be known as “Johann Gutenberg” (John Beautiful Mountain)

  14. Mainz, Germany the monument of Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468) by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844)

  15. Detail of the Gutenberg statue: in his left hand he is holding the bible, the first book that he printed after inventing the printing press

  16. Detail of the Gutenberg statue: in his right hand he is holding four letters, which are used in the printing proces

  17. Mainz, Germany, Johannes Gutenberg Type Monument Gutenberg's ground-breaking invention was moveable type printing with cast metal types. Types were made of small cast lead bars with a raised and inverted letter on the end. This print type, manufactured in great numbers, enabled any text in the printing block to be put together, with which one page was printed

  18. The nine sandstone cubes on the monument are reminiscent of the design of these types. On the side facing the cathedral, the letters read the name "GUTENBERG". The name is reproduced using decorative letters such as in the Gutenberg Bible. 

  19. Each opposite side shows the chronological order of the development of our script, from Mesopotamian cuneiform script through to the modern era.

  20. The type monument was designed by stonemasons from the Mainz and Rheinhessen guild and given to the city of Mainz. It offers its onlookers many more interesting aspects about the art of scripture

  21. The Goethe and Schiller statue by Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel, (1857) in Weimar in front of the National Theater

  22. Stuttgart Memorial to Friedrich Schiller by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen

  23. Stuttgart Memorial to Friedrich Schiller

  24. Stuttgart Memorial to Friedrich Schiller by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen

  25. Stuttgart Memorial to Friedrich Schiller

  26. Mary Salome and Zebedee, By Tilman Riemenschneider, Germany ~ 1510 V&A Museum London Stuttgart Memorial to Friedrich Schiller

  27. Buste reliquaire de Sainte Marguerite d'Antioche Nicolaus Gerhaert von Leyden (1420-1473)

  28. Woman Figure of a Saint. Clan School of Tilman Riemenschneider 1520-25 Santa Parentela. Anónimo, s. XIII-Igl Saint Jean-Baptiste Chavanat France

  29. Santa Teresa escritora de José Risueño, hacia 1700 Museo San Juan de la Cruz

  30. Medieval Mary Magdalen Oak German, lower Rhine (Calcar) ca. 1520  Metropolitan Museum of Art

  31. Master of the Leckeren Schnutchen Netherlandish, Limburg or Lower Rhine, circa 1520 Wooden Figures, Saint-Palencia 1500. Museo Parroquial de S.Pedro, Spain

  32. Wooden Figures, Medieval Sculpture, Renaissance Art, Saint Catherine Saint Catharina, door Jan van Steffenswert, circa 1520

  33. Santa parentela XV The Église Notre-Dame-la-Grande in Poitiers

  34.  Château de Montriou Angers Loire France 

  35. Sculpture Saint Barbara Lime wood with paint ca. 1490 Metropolitan

  36. Sculpture Saint Barbara Lime wood with paint ca. 1490 Metropolitan Museum

  37.  Rookwood Necropolis Sydney Statue of boy with book, Fort, Mumbai India

  38. Sculpture of St. Matthew Lima Cathedral Peru St Antonius in Cincinnati Art Museum

  39. Sculpture of St. Matthew Lima Cathedral Peru

  40.  Sculptures Quinta da Regaleira Sintra Portugal

  41.  Greek statue reading

  42. Plato from the Academy of Athens

  43. Plato statue at the Academy of Athens building in Athens, Greece

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