woodcutting
- noun
- /ˈwʊdˌkʌtɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
xilografía
- Many traditional artists specialize in woodcutting, creating unique prints that capture intricate designs.
Examples
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Many witches are portrayed in German woodcuttings and paintings.
Blog text (22) -
And inside it was the same dark towering furniture, a room from Dickens, she thought, surprising herself with an image of some woodcutting from a high school library book.
Fiction book (1991) -
The exhibit featured stunning examples of woodcutting, showcasing the skills of talented printmakers.
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Students learned woodcutting in art class, carving images into wooden blocks for their printing projects.
Synonyms
70
2.7
An act of cutting wood, stone and ice to make a shape or the thing made
25
4.1
A picture made by cutting or etching a hard surface
2
3.5
Art of shaping wood with cutting tools to make figures and designs
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5.2
A print or method of making prints by cutting a design into a wood block and pressing paper onto it
How Detailed
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
25
4.1
- Specialized
150
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Woodcutting comes from the parts wood and cutting, and in art it means cutting a design into a block of wood to make a printed image, like the old 'woodcut' pictures in books, so woodcutting refers to the craft of carving wood for printing.