different between xylography vs woodcut

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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References

English

Etymology

wood +? cut

Noun

woodcut (countable and uncountable, plural woodcuts)

1. (countable) An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.

   Synonyms: woodblock, xylograph

2. (uncountable) A method of printmaking from such a block.

   Synonym: xylography

   Coordinate terms: linocut, metalcut, woodblock printing, wood engraving

   Hypernym: relief printing

3. (countable) A print produced with this method.

   Synonyms: woodblock, xylograph

Translations

See also

• pyrography
• wood engraving
• woodblock printing
• xylography

Further reading

• woodcut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia