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Twyman, Michael Loton was born on July 15, 1934 in Chingford, United Kingdom. Son of Lawrence Alfred and Gladys Mary (Williams) Twyman.
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This stimulating and richly illustrated volume addresses the changes brought about by lithography in the design and production of a wide range of graphic material: books, prints, music, maps, and ephemera. Underpinning the text is the view that lithographic printers and their co-workers revealed limitations in the capabilities of earlier methods of print production by exploring the range of opportunities offered by the new process. In Breaking the Mould Professor Twyman demonstrates how these print workers responded to the economy, directness, versatility, and autographic qualities of lithography, and how some of the techniques they used led to the blurring of distinctions between printing processes. He then explores the lithographically printed products of the nineteenth century, and argues that the categorisation of printing by artefact - introduced for practical reasons by museums and libraries -obscures some of the most significant contributions made by the process during its first one hundred years. Finally - bringing the debate into current thinking - Professor Twyman suggests that research into lithography across artefactual boundaries can provide guidance for anyone studying the integration of graphic communication brought about by the electronic revolution.
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First edition. Contains a facsimile of a set of charming letters of the alphabet combining picturesque landscape with inventive lettering. Text describes the early history of lithography. Prospectus loosely inserted. 24 Pages followed by 26 plates. cloth, dust jacket.. square 8vo..
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First Edition; Very Good; 8vo. 10 x 6 1/4 inches. vi, 55 pp. Alphabetic list of lithographic printers noting their specialties, 6 maps (1 folding). Bright blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, wax-paper dust-jacket. This is a check-list of London lithographic printers from the first half of the nineteenth century which aids in the understanding of the growth of the trade; it forms a companion to William Todd's Directory of Printers and Others in Allied Trades, London and Vicinity, 1800-1840 (1972).
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Twyman, Michael Loton was born on July 15, 1934 in Chingford, United Kingdom. Son of Lawrence Alfred and Gladys Mary (Williams) Twyman.
Bachelor, University Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, University Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, 1966. Certified education, University Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1959.
Assistant lecturer University Reading, 1959-1962, lecturer, 1962-1971, senior lecturer, 1971-1976, professor, 1976-1998, professor emeritus, since 1998.
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Trustee Foundation for Ephemera Studies, since 1985 (president since 1999), National Printing Heritage Trust, since 1989 (chairman since 1999). Director Centre for Ephemera Studies, since 1993. Fellow Institute of Printing.
Member Double Crown Club (president 1988), Printing History Society (chairman 1992-2004), International Institute for Information Design (chairman curatorium 1989-2000, board member since 2000), Association Typographique International (board directors 1994-1999).
Married Pauline Mary Andrews, July 31, 1958. Children: Jeremy, Nicola, Daniel.