Day Five: After Class

In class, we went over chapter four and chapter five. I thought the class period was a lot of fun because we had a guest, whom knew much about the history of graphic design. We spoke on chapter four and went over how interesting it was when people thought the world would end. Even before the year 2000, people acted in strange ways. It's funny. We went over the different people who created and put together the manuscripts and looked over all of jobs of the people who created the illustrated books. It was funny how the illustrator of the image made himself more detailed in the face and more interesting to look at while he was working. It was fun hearing extra insight on pictures being displayed. Chapter five was interesting because I enjoyed the story of Gutenberg and how typography got started. With the four horsemen, dealing with revelations, our guest spoke on the meaning behind the image with the horses. There was a star visable on one horse, and a dark creature/person was near another. He also said that not all four horses were present in the image. He also mentioned in another image how Jesus was placed inside of an almond-shaped design, which was the inner shape of the circles overlapping of a venn diagram. In class, I realized that learning more about the images and artwork really helps me to have a better understanding of the history of graphic design during the different time frames.

The most useful thing I learned in class was meaning behind the image with the four horsemen because it may be true that not all four horses were drawn in that image. It was also useful hearing more about the Celtic designs -- intricate, carpet-like, detailed, colorful. It is nice to learn about the images more in depth because for some reason the images stick in my head and I am able to remember important facts from text. Thank God for art. Images make life much easier.

With the jobs listed A - H for the graphic art system, did the people ever switch positions because of boredom and repitition of their own job?