The Gutenberg Bible ranks among the most prized of rare books, but within three centuries of its printing around 1455, its version of Scripture was considered obsolete and its creator, Johannes ...

Who is Johannes Gutenberg? Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was born in the 1400 in the German city of Mainz, Rhine-Main area. He was a German goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher.

Condensed histories may lead you to believe that the moment German blacksmith Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type and unveiled a printed Bible in the mid-15th century, the world changed ...

After Johannes Gutenberg, information was mass-produced in print, by machines. Books were everywhere. The sentence became the “organizing principle,” and our cognition became “linear.” ...

In its early days, printing was known as the German art or “ Schwarze Kunst ”. It is misleading, however, to depict Johannes Gutenberg simply as the inventor of printing.

Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is a distinguished German university situated in the heart of Rhineland-Palatinate, one of the 16th administrative regions in Germany. Named after Johannes ...

Jokes aside: Here’s what we really know about the 15th-century figure currently appearing (sort of) on Broadway in “Gutenberg! The Musical!,” starring Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells.

Art History A 15th-Century Print Is Reunited With the Gutenberg Bible It Once Accompanied The print was removed from the bible and auctioned off 200 years ago Gutenberg Bible, ca. 1455–1500.

Johannes Gutenberg, the German craftsman and inventor who originated a method of printing from movable type, passed away on February 3, 1468, in Mainz. The invention by Johann Gensfleisch zur ...