THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION'S TRANSFORMATION

Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century initiated a revolution in communication that would forever alter the course of human history. Prior to this pivotal moment, books were painstakingly copied by scribes, making them scarce and accessible only to a select few. The printing press enabled mass production of printed

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, they emerged a representation of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, often bearing peepholes, were imagined to filte