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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

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Death the King

Maker(s)

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

Market Riga

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dows, Olin

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)

The Bath

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Strang, William

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

St Catherine

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien)
Printmaker: Dürer, Albrecht (Formerly attributed)

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