Presentation: Caroline and Late Medieval

Caroline
1) summarizing the look of the style
Caroline uses both large and smaller (not lower case) letterings. There's puncuation and very simplistic but decorative letters. The words are more inward/centered with a large margin on the outside. The roman capitals aren't necessarily drawn but they do take several strokes.

2) describe the history, influence of the style
This style was started during the rule of King Charlemagne. Manuscripts were apparently too difficult to read and the scribes were too poorly trained, so the king ordered for there to be change. A whole group of scribes was gathered at the court of Aachen and told to make master copies of the important religious texts and then they were all sent across the country. The old manuscripts of the Byzantine empire were brought to to be studied and so the scriptors tried to copy its beauty. They seemed to get "uneven results" a.k.a. they failed.

3) describe key designers within the style
The book doesn't name anyone specific. It talks about King Charlemagne and how he had scribes from all over gather at the court of Aachen for the purpose of rewriting books. I suppose the scribes who went to Aachen are the key designers of the Caroline style.
4) describe the typography of the style
When I look at the typography, the first letters of each paragraph are very stylistic and artistic. the second letters are also styled but not as grandeur as the first letters and are much smaller. The rest of the type is fairly evened and long lines at the end of a row of words have a small decoration at the end. There are also serifs on the roman formed letters.
 

Late Medieval

1) summarizing the look of the style
Apparently the perspective pushed the planes and volumes back in space and linear perspective was achieved. With the Limbourg's design highlights and shadows are coming from one lightsource.

2) describe the history, influence of the style
The Duke de Berry owned 155 book already, including 14 bibles and 15 books of Hours. He hired Paul Limbourg, with his brothers and they made him a fake book of Hours. Apparently it was simply ahead of its time because it was called the Les tres riches heures du duc de Berry. It's a pictorial book and the illustrations dominate the page layouts.

3) describe key designers within the style
Paul, Herman, and Jean Limbourg are the three main designers of the book with Paul being credited as the one responsible for layout and design.

4) describe the typography of the style
The typography is bold and long. The first letter of each paragraph is decorated along with the surrounding margins like any other illuminated script. The difference is how this script was made and its pictures were styled just a little different.