EDLD 5366 Digital Graphics, Animation, and Web Design Assignment 1.2

  
In learning about the basic principles of design I investigated three old texts The Outstanding 15th Century Church Book, The Lisbon Hebrew Bible, and The Book of Kells.  All three books had rich color, intricate detail and beautiful designs. 

    While The Outstanding 15th Century Church Book had an elaborate decorative Old English script that was very hard to read, the other two had very easy to read fonts.   Throughout the books there were richly colored pictures, some with bright eye catching blues and reds some with greens and purples that contrasted well against the white background of the paper.  The green cover of The Lisbon Hebrew Bible set off the gold detailing very nicely.  The pictures in some cases were used to separate the information into sections, subjects and paragraphs.  All of the books followed a repetitive color theme, with a uniform text alignment.