and much else” owe their existence to the printing press, said the BBC. The major intellectual movements that swept through Europe in the early modern era – the Renaissance, the Enlightenment ...

The Renaissance saw a huge increase in drawings due to the expansion of the printing press and the related affordability of paper. Artists could then “afford to use paper in a wasteful way ...

The Renaissance was a period in history that ... An engraving showing a Gutenberg printing press. Before Johannes Gutenberg's invention, reproducing a book involved copying it by hand.

Renaissance close RenaissanceThe revival ... In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg had invented the printing press. This meant that when new ideas were written down, they could quickly be copied many ...