Why did the woodblock method become popular in europe?
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Reasons for the popularity of the wood bock painting are as follows:-
1. The production of handwritten manuscripts could not satisfy the ever-increasing demand for books.
2. Copying was an expensive, laborious and time-consuming business.
3. Manuscripts were fragile, awkward to handle, and could not be carried around or read easily.
4. Circulation therefore remained limited.
5. With the growing demand for books, woodblock printing gradually became more and more popular as the cost of production by wood block was cheaper.
The production of handwritten manuscript could not meet the ever increasing demand for books.
Copying was an expensive laborious and time consuming business.
The manuscripts that fragile awkward to handle and could not be carried around or read easily by the early 15 century woodblock started been widely used in Europe to print Textiles playing cards and religious pictures with simple brief texts.