CS351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Penny Dreadful, Walter Benjamin, Wood Engraving
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Broadside newspapers that were created and sold by the end of the day - illustrated by woodcuts sold by hawkers before and during the execution. Wood engraving used fine detail, and used the same press as type. Penny bloods lowbrow stories sold to the lower class for (sex, crime, adventure, and supernaturals) sold for 1 penny the birth of the superhero. Penny dreadful sensitized version for kids. Half-tone the use of numerous dots to recreate photographs grey scale. Prison that had a watch tower in the middle and surveyed the inmates they could not see out but the watch guard could see in the inmate had to self survey himself at all times. Passages also known as arcades and galleries . Glassed in shops, and restaurants it was accessible all year. Privatized and gated off for the middle and upper classes round.
