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

L'Odorat

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lébédeff, Jean
Publisher: Lumière

Harvest Scene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gribble, Vivien

The Four Seasons

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rutherston, Albert Daniel
Printer: Curwen Press
Publisher: Curwen Press

St Luke painting the Virgin and Child

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Metz, Conrad Martin
Draughtsman: Lucas van Leyden (After)

The artist’s son as St Francis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The wives of Weinsberg

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unger, Johann Friedrich Gottlieb
Draughtsman: Rode, Bernhard (After)
Draughtsman: Rosenberg, Johann Georg (Possibly after)
Draughtsman: Rosenberg, Johann Carl Wilhelm (Possibly after)

An image of Print

Madame Sada Yakko

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nicholson, William

Three designs for a Christmas card

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rutherston, Albert Daniel
Printer: Simon, Oliver

New Year Greetings

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pissarro, Lucien

Red Bull

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Platt, John Edgar

Sailing-barge in harbour

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Block, Hein

The old Bedruthan steps

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lister, Walter Llewellyn

Without title (A Village)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ginner, Charles

Water Carrier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mayo, Eileen

Oriental interior

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pissarro, Lucien

Interlaced Cord Pattern with Heart-Shaped Centre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Coat of Arms of Jacob de Banissis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Interlaced Cord Pattern with Seven Wreaths

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Coat of Arms of Johann Tscherte

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Coat of Arms of Ferdinand I of Hungary

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Draughtsman drawing a lute

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Emperor Maximillian I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

The Great Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I. Block E

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht

Law

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (School of)

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