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xylographic

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xy·log·ra·phy  (z-lgr-f)
n.
1. Wood engraving, especially of an early period.
2. The art of printing texts or illustrations, sometimes with color, from woodblocks, as distinct from typography.
xylo·graphic (-l-grfk), xylo·graphi·cal (--kl) adj.
xylo·graphi·cal·ly adv.
Translations
xylographic [zaɪləˈgræfɪk] ADJ → xilográfico
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Her demonstration of the simultaneous application of xylographic images (from a single carved block) and movable type offers a critical challenge to received notions of the fixity and mobility of print culture in this period.
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Some of these works even engendered typeset or xylographic printing projects of their own (Chapter 10).
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Caveats aside, this is an absolutely invaluable publication, far, far more than a mere pictorial keepsake of a glorious display of the dawn of xylographic printmaking.
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