woodcut

Examples of woodcut in the following topics:

• German Woodcuts

  • Printmaking by woodcut and engraving was already more developed in Germany and the Low Countries than anywhere else during the Renaissance.
  • Printmaking by woodcut and engraving was already more developed in Germany and the Low Countries than anywhere else during the Renaissance.
  • He rapidly became famous all over Europe for his energetic and balanced woodcuts and engravings; he also continued his painting during this period.

• Block Books

  • Woodcut printing on textiles had been practiced in Europe for some time when paper became more affordable and readily available.
  • Around 1450, small woodcut books called "block books" or "xylographica" came into prominence and were reproduced in large numbers.
  • Block books were short books consisting of up to 50 leaves block-printed with woodcuts carved to include both text and imagery.
  • The most popular texts were reprinted many times, often using new woodcuts copying the earlier versions.
  • There was originally a "long version" and a later "short version" containing 11 woodcut pictures as instructive images that could be easily explained and memorized.

• Woodblock

  • Stamping is a popular technique for printing on fabrics, and was used for most early European woodcuts (1400-1440).
  • Because of this division of labor, woodcuts are sometimes described as 'designed by' rather than 'created by' an artist.
  • In both Japanese and European woodcuts, black ink prints were generally used for book illustrations, while color was reserved for single-leaf prints.
  • One of the most popular forms of woodcut, the Japanese style of "floating world" ukiyo-e prints, was introduced in the second half of the seventeenth century .
  • This image is an example of one of the most popular forms of woodcut, the Japanese style of "floating world" ukiyo-e prints.

• Chiaroscuro

  • Chiaroscuro woodcuts began as imitations of the illuminated manuscript technique.
  • They typically present as woodcut prints that use two or more blocks printed in different colors but do not necessarily feature strong contrasts of light and dark.

• Single Sheets

  • The main printmaking techniques were woodcuts, engravings and etchings.
  • Woodcut, or woodblock printing, had reached Europe from the Byzantine or Egyptian world by around 1300, and was used largely to print patterns on textiles.

• Hatching and Cross-Hatching

  • Hatching is especially important in linear media, such as drawing, as well as some painting and printmaking techniques (specifically in terms of engraving, etching and woodcut techniques).

• Manuscript Printing

  • Images printed on cloth for religious purposes could be quite large and elaborate, and when paper became relatively easily available, around 1400, the medium transferred very quickly to small woodcut religious images and playing cards printed on paper.
  • Around mid-century, block-books-- woodcut books with both text and images, usually carved in the same block-- emerged as a cheaper alternative to manuscripts and books printed with movable type.

• Graphic Arts

  • From the middle of the fourteenth century, blockbooks with both text and images cut as woodcut seem to have been affordable by parish priests in the Low Countries, where they were most popular.
  • In the fifteenth century, the introduction of cheap prints, mostly in woodcut, made it possible even for peasants to have devotional images at home.

• Die Brücke 

  • As part of the affirmation of their national heritage, they revived older media, particularly woodcut prints.
  • They invented the printmaking technique of linocut, although they at first described them as traditional woodcuts, which they also made.

• Historical Records

  • Around the mid-15th century, block-books, woodcut books with both text and images usually carved in the same block, emerged as a cheaper alternative to manuscripts and books printed with movable type.