woodblock

Medieval women in woodblock prints and on church windows are very apple-breasted, slim-waisted and heavily-pregnant-tummied in a silhouette that can only be achieved while wearing clothing.

beauty nathreee 2010

This Saturday you can get join the festivities in a more academic way by attending a lecture by Shirley Luber, an expert in Japanese woodblock prints, at

Things to Do in Philadelphia: uwishunu Philly 2009

My woodblock was a bit warped but it was easy to tape some extra padding above the cardstock in the area that printed too light;

Pratie Place 2009

By the late 18th century, the woodblock was the poor relation to steel or copper engravings.

Wondermark 2009

By the late 18th century, the woodblock was the poor relation to steel or copper engravings.

Culture | guardian.co.uk 2009

Since then, he has remained creative in numerous genres such as woodblock prints, collage and design.

Art Knowledge News 2008

Among children's books, this canon includes British illustrator Arthur Rackham 1867-1939, whose otherworldly characters blend the grotesque imagery of Norse mythology with the Zen of Japanese woodblock prints.

High Times for Pooh, Babar & Co. 2011

But while its text extols the power of the brush, its illustrations are woodblock prints.

How to Talk Back to a Chinese Master Lee Lawrence 2011

The essay details the history of the creation of the prints, including the importance of the woodblock cutters, printers and censors who had to give their seal of approval to every image:

Jane Chafin: Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: A Luscious -- and Affordable -- Must-Have Art Book Jane Chafin 2011

Such visual effects, when translated to the medium of woodblock cutting, take on an almost ritualised air of aesthetic wonderment, and Yuasa is surely on the way to being recognised as heir to the tradition of woodcut printmaking of his native Japan.

This week's new exhibitions 2011