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Woodblock printing
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Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and
The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang dynasty China, the world's earliest printed text containing a date of production, AD 868 (Br
The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang dynasty China, the world's earliest printed text containing a date of production, AD 868 (British Library)
A fragment of a dharani print in Sanskrit and Chinese, c. 650 – c. 670, Tang dynasty
A fragment of a dharani print in Sanskrit and Chinese, c. 650 – c. 670, Tang dynasty
Replica of The Great Dharani Sutra, the oldest printed text in Korea, c. 704 – c. 751
Replica of The Great Dharani Sutra, the oldest printed text in Korea, c. 704 – c. 751
The Hyakumantō Darani, the oldest printed text in Japan, c. 770
The Hyakumantō Darani, the oldest printed text in Japan, c. 770
Woodcut
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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 printing parts level with the surface while remov
Woodblock printing
…is the best-known type of Japanese woodblock art print. Most European uses of the technique for printing images on paper are covered by the art term woodcut, except for the block books produced mainly in the 15th century. According to the Book of Southern Qi, in the 480s, a man named Gong Xuanyi (龔玄宜) styled…
The Four Horsemen c. 1496–98 by Albrecht Dürer, depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen c. 1496–98 by Albrecht Dürer, depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Block Cutter at Work woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568
Block Cutter at Work woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568
The Crab that played with the sea, Woodcut by Rudyard Kipling illustrating one of his Just So Stories (1902). In mixed white-line (below) and normal w
The Crab that played with the sea, Woodcut by Rudyard Kipling illustrating one of his Just So Stories (1902). In mixed white-line (below) and normal woodcut (above).
Madonna del Fuoco (Madonna of the Fire, c. 1425), Cathedral of Forlì, in Italy
Madonna del Fuoco (Madonna of the Fire, c. 1425), Cathedral of Forlì, in Italy