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

12yrs ago

Connected records

The Nativity

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)

An image of Print

The selling of Indulgences, with King David kneeling before God

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lützelburger, Hans
Draughtsman: Holbein, Hans, the younger (After)

Christ supported by an angel, with the instruments of his Passion

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)

Les Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcs…

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coecke van Aelst, Pieter I

St Jerome in penitence in a cave

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Altdorfer, Albrecht

The Dukes and Duchesses of Holland: two Knights, William V and Adalbert

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Jacob

St Sebastian tied to a tree, surrounded by five putti

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)

The Cathedral Anacapri

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Patterson, Margaret Jordan

Tuscaloosa Pipeline

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boyd, Fiske

An image of Print

Illustration to Daphnis and Chloe, p.29

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Death the King

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bryden, Robert
Draughtsman: Strang, William (After)

Duchess Roses

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rice, William Seltzer

Market Riga

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dows, Olin

The Walls of Anacapri

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Patterson, Margaret Jordan

Apathy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bennett, Herbert

Village

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ganso, Emil

Death on the Barricades

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bryden, Robert
Draughtsman: Strang, William (After)

An image of Print

The Bath

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

Vermont Farmhouse

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lankes, Julian J.

Death and the Children

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bryden, Robert
Draughtsman: Strang, William (After)

Death the Judge

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sleigh, Bernard
Draughtsman: Strang, William (After)

Shrimper

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Feldhaus, Paul

Dawn II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lankes, Julian J.

The Workers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Turzak, Charles

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