woodcut and wood engraving

woodcut andwood engraving,prints made from designs cut in relief on wood, in contrast to copper or steelengravingandetching(which areintaglio). The termwoodcuttingis loosely included within the wood-engraving process, from which, however, it can be distinguished. Woodcutting, the oldest method of printmaking, is accomplished using soft wood with a knife employed along the grain. Wood engraving, which developed in the 18th cent., is a technique using hard, end-grained wood worked with a graver or burin.

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• Decline and Revival
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