Definition of Woodcut. Meaning of Woodcut. Synonyms of Woodcut

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Definition of Woodcut

Woodcut
Woodcut Wood"cut`, n. An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.

Meaning of Woodcut from wikipedia

- 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...
- Woodcutting may refer to: Logging - cutting and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars Woodcut, a relief printing technique in printmaking...
- The wood engraving has often, but erroneously, been referred to as a woodcut. It has been widely used as a metaphorical illustration of either the scientific...
- Dürer's Rhinoceros is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German artist Albrecht Dürer in 1515. Dürer never saw the actual rhinoceros, which...
- this term. The main techniques used, in order of their introduction, are woodcut, engraving, etching, mezzotint and aquatint, although there are others...
- The following is a list of woodcuts by the German painter and engraver Albrecht Dürer. One of the earliest list of woodcuts by Dürer was ****embled in 1808...
- techniques; stone, aluminum, or polymer for lithography; blocks of wood for woodcuts and wood engravings; and linoleum for linocuts. Screens made of silk or...
- chiaroscuro. Further specialized uses of the term include chiaroscuro woodcut for colour woodcuts printed with different blocks, each using a different coloured...
- Dürer brought the Western woodcut to a stage that has never been surp****ed, increasing the status of the single-leaf woodcut. In China, the art of printmaking...
- The "Woodcut" map of London, formally titled Civitas Londinum, and often referred to as the "Agas" map of London, is one of the earliest true maps (as...