woodcuts
Carved block prints
Woodcuts are prints made from carved wooden blocks, or the blocks themselves.
The artist carves away areas that should remain unprinted, leaving raised surfaces that receive ink.
The technique dominated European printmaking before metal engraving and remains valued for its bold lines and stark contrasts: medieval woodcuts of religious scenes, Japanese woodcuts influenced the Impressionists.
Producing images through impression
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- blockprintsPrints from carved blocks
- reliefEasing of distress
- woodblockCarved printing matrix
carving · incise · gouge · chisel · matrix · impression · proof · edition
Japanese ukiyo-e artist
- ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock print tradition
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
- broadsideFierce written assault
chapbook · almanac · illustrated · Expressionist · antique · heritage · traditional · historic
Cereal plant's harvest unit
- knotsSecured loops in rope
- hardwoodDense deciduous timber
- softwoodConiferous tree lumber
- cherryRed stone fruit
boxwood · pear · maple · birch · pine · linden · basswood · plywood
Print from carved linoleum
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
- serigraphyMesh stencil printing method
silkscreen · aquatint · drypoint · mezzotint · chiaroscuro · monotype · stipple · monoprint
Courageous and daring
- contrastNotable difference between things
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- rusticRural and unrefined
- graphicVividly detailed or visual
linear · stark · expressive · primitive · folk · illustrative · narrative · dramatic
printmaking
Producing images through impression
- engravingCarving into hard surfaces
- blockprintsPrints from carved blocks
- reliefEasing of distress
woodblock · carving · incise · gouge · chisel · matrix · impression · proof · edition · registration
Hokusai
Japanese ukiyo-e artist
- ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock print tradition
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
broadside · chapbook · almanac · illustrated · Expressionist · antique · heritage · traditional · historic · vintage
grain
Cereal plant's harvest unit
cherry · boxwood · pear · maple · birch · pine · linden · basswood · plywood · plank
linocut
Print from carved linoleum
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- intaglioCarving cut below surface
serigraphy · silkscreen · aquatint · drypoint · mezzotint · chiaroscuro · monotype · stipple · monoprint · reduction
bold
Courageous and daring
- contrastNotable difference between things
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- rusticRural and unrefined
graphic · linear · stark · expressive · primitive · folk · illustrative · narrative · dramatic · textured
gouge
Concave carving blade
mallet · bench · clamp · sharpening · sandpaper · tracing · roller
- print collectionsprint catalogs, rare prints, vintage prints, fine art prints, etchings
- German RenaissanceHans Holbein, Holbein, Nuremberg, Martin Luther, engravings
- Reformation Artengravings, iconoclasm, altarpieces, biblical scenes, Protestant churches
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- visual artdrawing, fine art, painting, portrait, sketch
- visual mediafilm, video, drawing, photograph, television
woodcutsetchings
Prints from incised plates
engravings · mezzotints · aquatints · drypoint · lithographs