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

Ônakatomi no Yoshinobu ason

Maker(s)

Designer: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa

Samson and Delilah

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden

Phrygia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (School of)

An image of Print

Flat Fish

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fraser, Claud Lovat

Illustration for the projected Essex House Press Bible

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Strang, William
Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt

The order how the rest of Holy Scripture is appointed to be read

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ashbee, Charles Robert
Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt
Publisher: Essex House Press

An image of Print

Death on the Barricades

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bryden, Robert
Draughtsman: Strang, William

A young girl standing on the bank of a stream sees a vision of two women

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pissarro, Lucien

Boat with Brown Sails

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fraser, Claud Lovat

An image of Print

William Morris

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bryden, Robert

Mountain Scene with lake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Phillips, Walter Joseph

Street Scene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Deslignières, André

Frieze of figures

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ashbee, Charles Robert
Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt
Publisher: Essex House Press

Edwardus Septimus

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Ashbee, Charles Robert
Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt
Publisher: Essex House Press

Death and the Artist

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sleigh, Bernard
Draughtsman: Strang, William

Death the Mourner

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sleigh, Bernard
Draughtsman: Strang, William

An image of Print

Death and the Dancers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sleigh, Bernard
Draughtsman: Strang, William

Self Portrait, full face

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Kollwitz, Käthe

The Last Judgment

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Furtenbach, Hans

An image of Print

Queen Victoria

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nicholson, William

An image of Print

Death the King

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bryden, Robert
Draughtsman: Strang, William

An image of Print

Unpublished subject (Death at the dinner table)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bryden, Robert
Draughtsman: Strang, William

Mr. John Bull

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cruikshank, George

Christ in judgment with Adam and Eve

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Furtenbach, Hans

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