What is another word for woodcuts?

Pronunciation: [wˈʊdkʌts] (IPA)

Woodcuts are a traditional printing technique, also known as woodblock printing. There are various synonyms for this term, including wood engravings, wood carvings, and relief prints. Each of these synonyms refers to the same printmaking method, in which a design is carved into a block of wood, which is then inked and pressed onto paper. Wood engravings typically have finer lines and more detail than woodcuts. Wood carvings can refer to either relief prints or sculptures carved out of wood. Relief prints may also be referred to as block prints or linocuts. Regardless of the terminology used, woodcuts and their synonyms create unique and visually striking artworks.

What are the hypernyms for Woodcuts?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Woodcuts

The "Comic English Grammar" was a work full of pleasant humour, charmingly illustrated by Leech "with upwards of fifty characteristic woodcuts."
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
Occasionally, as in the metal cuts in the best editions of the French Horae, in the Florentine and Venetian woodcuts of the last ten years of the century, and in the best work of other countries, these early pictures possess real beauty.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
These three triple woodcuts, with the woodcut text, are assigned to about 1455. No English block-book has yet been discovered, nor is it in the least likely that one ever existed, though there are a few single woodcuts.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard

Famous quotes with Woodcuts

  • As the misfortune befell in November [1918], I threw myself into the woodcut.. .It is a technique that provokes one to confession, to the unmistakable statement of what one finally means. It, or far more she, enforces a certain general validity of expression.. .I have finished a number of large woodcuts that deal with all of the distress of the times.
    Ernst Barlach
  • The illustrations were woodcuts, executed with that crude haste to see the finished product that marks the amateur. True pornography is given us by vastly patient professionals.
    Thomas Pynchon

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