different between lithography vs xylography

English

Etymology

From German Lithographie, from ????? (líthos, “stone”) +? ??????? (gráphein, “to write”). Originally the printing surface was a flat piece of limestone that was treated with grease to form a surface that would selectively transfer ink to the paper; the stone has now been replaced, in general, with a metal plate.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

lithography (countable and uncountable, plural lithographies)

1. The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it. [from 1813]

   Hypernym: planography

   Hyponyms: offset printing, photolithography

Derived terms

• chromolithography
• lithograph
• photolithography
• stereolithography

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Further reading

• lithography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French xylographie, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) +? -graphy (“writing”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

xylography (uncountable)

1. (rare) The art of making xylographs.

   Coordinate term: woodblock printing

   • 1995, Manfredo Tafuri, Venice and the Renaissance, MIT Press (?ISBN), 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)

     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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