Renaissance Dawn

Member : JuuG

Image description
After such a long, dark night the brightest of dawns, and in the print-room the men are working at a pace. They need to; there is much to be done... But this isn't just one printing press, it's Europe. Europe languished in the Dark Ages for a thousand years: "Scarcity of sound literature and cultural achievements marked these years; barbarous practices prevailed," until finally the Renaissance took hold, a new cultural era that was propelled forward by the printing press. Gutenberg's invention gave the Renaissance wings - it changed everything. A Renaissance press could print a staggering 3600 pages a day. As the technology spread, the world gained 20 million books in 50 years. 20 million! Philosophy, poetry, sheet music, novels, ideas, theories and knowledge flooded across the land. From darkness to light. Today, the printing press is regarded by many as the single most important contribution to civilization in the last 1000 years. It really was the dawn of the modern era.

Description of how this image was created
Mostly very straight forward: The figures are Michael 3 from DAZ. The clothes are the M3 Tunic, Pants and Boots, again from DAZ. Everything else modelled from scratch in Wings 3D, part-assembled with the figures in Poser, finished in POV-Ray. I took some trouble getting the facts right: I actually bought Stephen Fry's documentary The Gutenberg Press (I'd been meaning to get it anyway, this round was the excuse I needed. It's available from the BBC and it's excellent - worth every penny). The press I've drawn might or might not be a bit too smart for the period I'm representing which is actually after Gutenberg's death, but the press is at least faithfully modelled from a real one.

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No of ratings	:	9
Min. overall rating	:	36 (14 / 8 / 14)
Max. overall rating	:	48 (15 / 18 / 15)
Sum of rating	:	365 / 540
Date uploaded	:	2012-05-21 07:18:31

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Rating type	:	Min : Max : Sum : Out of
Artistic	:	11 : 15 : 119 : 180
Concept	:	8 : 18 : 119 : 180
Technical	:	12 : 16 : 127 : 180
Overall	:	36 : 48 : 365 : 540

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