woodblock prints
Inked relief art
Woodblock prints are images made by carving a design into a block of wood, applying ink to the raised surface, and pressing it onto paper or fabric.
The technique originated in East Asia and reached artistic heights in Japanese ukiyo-e prints of the 17th–19th centuries.
European artists also used woodblocks, particularly for book illustrations before mechanical printing.
- printing pressMechanical text reproduction device
- floating worldTransient mortal existence
- woodblocksHollow percussion instruments
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- carvingShaping by cutting away
ukiyo-e · color separation · chisels · gouges · color blocks · inking · rice paper · Hokusai · textile design · intricate patterns · pigments · book illustration · Mount Fuji · kabuki · calligraphy · layering · artist · grain
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woodblock printsetchings
Prints from incised plates
engravings · lithographs · mezzotints · aquatints · screenprints
woodblock printsoil paintings
Artwork using pigmented oils
drawings · sketches · frescoes · sculptures · monotypes