Woodcut

Scope note

A relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.

This term has 2,831 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053296

Broader Terms used

<relief printmaking processes>

Narrower Terms used

chiaroscuro woodcut
colour woodcuts

Term used for

printing, wood block
printing, woodcut
wood block printing
wood-block printing

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

The love letter

Maker(s)

Designer: Eiri, Rekisentei

An image of Surimono

Ichikawa Danjûrô VII as Kan Shôjô (top) and Segawa Kikunojô V as Umeômaru (bottom) in Sugawara denju tenarai kagami (Sugawara and the secrets of calligraphy) performed at the Kawarazaki theatre in 09/1832

Maker(s)

Designer: Kunisada, Utagawa

Kanadehon Chûshingura Act nine

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

Kanadehon Chûshingura Act six

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

Kanadehon Chûshingura Act five

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

Kanadehon Chûshingura Act two

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

Cliff on the Seashore

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik

Imitations of drawings and The Caricatures of M. Pond.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pond, Arthur
Printmaker: Knapton, George
Publisher: Boydell, John
Publisher: Boydell, Josiah
Draughtsman: Various (After)

Landscape with Peasant Dwelling

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik

Two dancing nuns

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Buettner, Andrea

Dancing nuns

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Buettner, Andrea

Book Plate of the Pomer Family

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beham, Hans Sebald (Possibly)
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (School of)

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Title Page: The Mocking of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Harrowing of Hell

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Betrayal of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Resurrection

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Birth of the Virgin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (After)

Calvary

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Four Avenging Angels

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Christ on the Cross with Mary and St John

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

St. George Killing the Dragon

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (School of)

The Holy Kinship with Angels

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Entombment of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

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