wood engraving

a. A block of wood on whose surface a design for printing is engraved across the end grain.

b. A print made from a wood engraving.

2. The art or process of making wood engravings.

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wood engraving

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the art of engraving pictures or designs on wood for printing by incising them with a burin on a block of wood cut across the grain

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a block of wood so engraved or a print taken from it

wood engraver n

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wood′ engrav`ing

1. the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on wood cut against the grain, for printing.

2. a block of wood so engraved.

3. a print or impression from it.

[1810–20]

wood′ engrav`er, n.

wood engraving

- Essentially the reverse of a woodcut.

wood engraving

A technique like woodcut but using hardwood sawn across the grain and with a finer design, cut more shallowly using burins and similar engraving tools. Thomas Bewick excelled in this technique.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	wood engraving - a print made from a woodcut woodcut engraving - a print made from an engraving
	2.	wood engraving - engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints wood block, woodcut engraving - a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved

Translations

wood engraving

n (Art) → incisione f su legno

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Also, there were copies of paintings and old wood engravings from the magazines of a generation and more before.

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"His quick success was mostly due to this strong understanding of graphic design and also to the adaptability of his designs to wood engraving."

In a place by himself: Winslow Homer's remarkable images alternatively are poignant, witty, romantic, and thought-provoking."

An incommensurability persists among her media: The industrially produced carpet functions much like a monochrome painting; the wood engraving enacts the tactility of fabric; and the digital video depicts an analog technology.

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She says: "The North East is considered by many to be the home of wood engraving, so we're delighted to welcome this travelling exhibition to the region for the first time in its histor y.

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Work ranges from watercolours and oils to mosaics, textile art, wood engraving and pottery.

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The book is divided into four critical sections, examining the scriptive techniques of early modern technology, engraving and ornament in de Bry's America (1590), reforming the image in Protestant print culture, and wood engraving and picture- writing in the 1880s.

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1840), a 12-scene wood engraving in which James Morison, a clever marketer of pills, even includes a testimonial from playwright William Shakespeare.

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There is an extensive, and ever expanding literature on the life and career of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the universally acknowledged founder of the revival of wood engraving for book illustration in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Nigel Tattersfield. John Bewick: Engraver on Wood, 1760-1795