Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In engraving, a die cut in relief on wood, and in condition for furnishing impressions in ink in a printingpress; a woodcut. See
wood-engraving . - noun A print or impression from such an engraved block; a woodcut. Also used attributively in both senses: as, wood-block illustrations.
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Examples
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The traditional d é cor is warm and muted, with wood-block ukiyo-e prints on wood-paneled walls, and wooden tables and chairs.
Exploring Sushi on the Seine Nidra Poller 2011
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My favorite was a collection they had last year of old Ukiyo-e, Japanese wood-block printing from hundreds of years ago.
Sydney: Autumn in Oz Geoffrey Rogow 2011
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The exhibition will show another side of the artist Richard Woods, known for his transformation of buildings and public spaces, his wood-block paintings.
Richard Woods' Nice Life 3 On Whitewall Daily The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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Here, in one corner, a perforated aluminum screen, wooden closet doors, metal grate, dumbwaiter and wood-block floor all converge.
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The exhibition will show another side of the artist Richard Woods, known for his transformation of buildings and public spaces, his wood-block paintings.
Richard Woods' Nice Life 3 On Whitewall Daily Nice Life 3 2010
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The exhibition will show another side of the artist Richard Woods, known for his transformation of buildings and public spaces, his wood-block paintings.
Richard Woods' Nice Life 3 On Whitewall Daily The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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The 118 ukiyo-e prints were reproduced from a series of original wood-block prints in the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo, one of the few complete series consisting entirely of impressions from the first run.
Jane Chafin: Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: A Luscious -- and Affordable -- Must-Have Art Book Jane Chafin 2011
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Influenced by Debussy's non-Western proclivities, they were also stimulated by the great Paris World's Fairs of 1889 and 1900, where they saw Japanese wood-block prints and Indian textiles, and first heard Balinese and Javanese gamelan music.
Go East, Monsieur Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012
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The 118 ukiyo-e prints were reproduced from a series of original wood-block prints in the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo, one of the few complete series consisting entirely of impressions from the first run.
Jane Chafin: Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: A Luscious -- and Affordable -- Must-Have Art Book Jane Chafin 2011
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The exhibition will show another side of the artist Richard Woods, known for his transformation of buildings and public spaces, his wood-block paintings.
Richard Woods' Nice Life 3 On Whitewall Daily Nice Life 3 2010
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