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Woodcut is a
relief printing technique in printmaking. An
artist carves an
image into the
surface of a
block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the...
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anthology of
Chinese poetry,
Hokusai wrote to the
publisher that the
blockcutter Egawa Tomekichi, with whom
Hokusai had
previously worked and whom he...
- Lützelburger (died June 1526), also
known as Hans Franck, was a
German blockcutter ("formschneider") for woodcuts,
regarded as one of the
finest of his...
- The
Koren Picture-Bible is a
printed part-bible
including a
series of 36
woodcuts with hand-colouring
illustrating the
books of
Genesis and Revelation...
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technical ****istance to
support fine printmaking.
Whilst the
famous blockcutter Hans Lützelburger was alive, he
created from Holbein's
designs the famous...
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Weisskunig and much of Theuerdank. He
worked closely with the
leading blockcutter Jost de Negker, who
became in
effect his publisher. He was an important...
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printing press for
etchings and
engravings in his house. For
woodcuts the
blockcutter had long been a
specialist artisan,
sometimes famous.
Printing of lithographs...
- few
remain unattributed. Jost de Negker, the top
blockcutter of the period, was the main
blockcutter, with his ****istants, and was paid 4
gulden per block...
- his
portrait of the
Landgrave of Hesse, 'Formschneider zu Erfurt,' ("
blockcutter" of Erfurt),
where he
resided during the
latter part of his life. He...
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being covered with wet
cloths during the
whole process of cutting. The
blockcutter commences by
carving out the wood
around the
heavier m****es first, leaving...
