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 2,850 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

14yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Queen Victoria

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Nicholson, William

An image of Print

Boat House and Sailing Boats

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Fraser, Claud Lovat

Girl cyclist

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pissarro, Ludovico Rodolphe

Swans

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pissarro, Ludovico Rodolphe

Boating Scene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Pissarro, Ludovico Rodolphe

A Sparrow Hawk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Tunnicliffe, Charles Frederick

Quarrying scene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brangwyn, Frank

Storm at harvest time

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Šterenberg, David Petrovic (Attributed)

Putti climbing a ladder

Maker(s)

Designer: Burne-Jones, Edward

Ars poesis philosophia

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Image, Selwyn

Young man with a cane

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Goltzius, Hendrik

Birth of Christ

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huber, Wolfgang

Circumcision

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huber, Wolfgang

The Straggler

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lucas van Leyden

Christ on the cross between the Virgin and St John

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Jacob (After)

The Holy Family with St Elizabeth and St John

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Boldrini, Niccolà (Formerly attributed)
Printmaker: Palumba, Giovanni Battista (Formerly attributed)
Draughtsman: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

The Dukes and Duchesses of Holland: three Knights, Geoffrey the Humpback and Theodoric V

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, Jacob

Untitled: A King Seated on a Throne.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Untitled: A King Kneeling with a Harp, his Throne Behind him.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sichem, P. van

The Coronation of the Virgin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Jegher, Christoffel
Publisher: Rubens, Peter Paul
Draughtsman: Rubens, Peter Paul (After)

Kanadehon Chûshingura Act eight

Maker(s)

Designer: Hiroshige, Utagawa

The actor Arashi Ryuzo II

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunsen, Katsukawa

Soga no Gorô Tokimune and his mistress Kewaizaka no Shôshô

Maker(s)

Designer: Utamaro, Kitagawa

Autumn kyogen at Nakamura theatre

Maker(s)

Designer: Shunsen, Katsukawa

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