Print culture important

 All Important Names And Their Context

Kitagawa Utamaro:

He was a Japanese artist and highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings.

Marco Polo:

Italian explorer who took the idea of woodblock printing to Europe

Johann Gutenberg:

He was a German goldsmith, Inventor, printer, and publisher. He introduced the printing revolution with

his mechanical movable-type printing press in Europe.

Martin Luther:

He was a German professor of theology, priest, author,

who started protestant reformation.

Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.

Erasmus:

He was a Latin scholar and a Catholic reformer, who criticised

the excesses of Catholicism, but had deep anxiety about printing (Adages 1508)

Thomas Paine, Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau :

Philosophers famous for their writings

Menocchio:

Menocchio was a miller of sixteenth century in Italy.

He reinterpreted the message of the Bible and

formulated a view of God and Creation that enraged

the Roman Catholic Church.

Louise-Sébastien Mercier

Author

The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away!'

Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world! Tremble

before the virtual writer!'

Richard M. Hoe:

He was an American inventor who had perfected the

power-driven cylindrical press. This was capable of

printing 8,000 sheets per hour.

Jane Austen, George Eliot, Bronte sisters:

Women authors

Their writings became important in defining

a new type of woman: a person with will,

strength of personality, determination and

the power to think.

Ulama:

Legal scholars of Islam and the sharia

(a body of Islamic law)

Lakshminath Bezbaruah:

He was a pioneer author of Assamese literature. He

wrote Burhi Aair Sadhu (Grandma's Tales) and other

notable works. He penned a popular Assamese song.

O Mor Apunar Desh (O my beloved land)

Governor-General Bentinck:

He was the person who agreed to revise press laws.

Which was passed by the Calcutta Supreme Court in 1820’s.

Thomas Macaulay:

A colonial official, formulated new rules that restored the earlier freedoms.