xylography
Noun

xylography (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The art of making xylographs.
    Coordinate term: woodblock printing#English|woodblock printing
    • 1995, Manfredo Tafuri, Venice and the Renaissance, MIT Press (ISBN 9780262700542), page 236:
      Furthermore, one ought to mention the xylography that has been attributed to Titian since the eighteenth century and that represents San Rocco e storie della sua vita (fig. 72) (London, British Museum, inv. 1860-4-14-140), circulated as a […]
    • 2018, Peter Francis Kornicki, Chinese Writing and the Rise of the Vernacular in East Asia, Oxford University Press (ISBN 9780192518699)
      Xylography involves writing the text to be printed onto thin paper, fixing the paper face down on a flat wooden block and then carving away the white parts to leave the text upstanding in relief. In order to print, it is necessary to […]



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