10th Class Social Science Print Culture and the Modern World Question Bank 10th CBSE Social Science Print Culture and the Modern World

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      Was the new technology able to displace the existing art of producing books by hand?

    Answer:

                      (i) In fact, printing books at first closely resembled the written manuscripts in appearance and layout. (ii) The metal letters imitated the ornamental handwritten styles. (iii) Borders were illuminated by hand with foliage and other patterns and illustrations were painted. (iv) In the books printed for the rich, space for decoration was kept blank on the printed page. Each purchaser could choose the design and decide on the painting school that would do the illustrations.


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