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woodblock

[ wood-blok ]

noun

  1. a block of wood engraved in relief, for printing from; woodcut.
  2. a print or impression from such a block.
  3. a hollow block of hard wood struck with a wooden stick or mallet and used in the percussion section of an orchestra.


adjective

  1. made from a woodblock:

    woodblock prints.

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of woodblock1

First recorded in 1830–40; wood 1 + block
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Norton Simon Museum: The museum, which has more than 44,000 objects in its collection including European sculptures, paintings and tapestries as well as Asian art and woodblock prints, sits just outside of the Level 2 evacuation warning for the Eaton fire.

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Beto made his son gather all the art in the house — landscape paintings, intricate woodblock prints, abstract works — and he shredded them with scissors and set fire to the scraps in a trash can in the backyard.

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This is English artist Charles William Bartlett’s 1919 woodblock print on paper rendition of Punjab’s Golden Temple, a sacred shrine for Sikhs.

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Dover-born Bartlett was one of the world’s leading Japanese woodblock painters, and later switched to fine art.

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He designed 38 woodblock prints for his Japanese publisher from 1916 to 1925, including many scenes from his travels in South Asia.

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