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    Woodcut is a printmaking technique where an artist carves an image into a block of wood by removing the non-printing areas, leaving the printing parts at the same level as the surface. The block is inked and then pressed onto paper to print the image, with the cut away areas appearing blank. Erhard Reuwich was a 15th century Dutch artist known for his woodcut illustrations of pilgrimages to Jerusalem.

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    Woodcut is a printmaking technique where an artist carves an image into a block of wood by removing the non-printing areas, leaving the printing parts at the same level as the surface. The block is inked and then pressed onto paper to print the image, with the cut away areas appearing blank. Erhard Reuwich was a 15th century Dutch artist known for his woodcut illustrations of pilgrimages to Jerusalem.

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    Woodcut is a printmaking technique where an artist carves an image into a block of wood by removing the non-printing areas, leaving the printing parts at the same level as the surface. The block is inked and then pressed onto paper to print the image, with the cut away areas appearing blank. Erhard Reuwich was a 15th century Dutch artist known for his woodcut illustrations of pilgrimages to Jerusalem.

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    Woodcut is a printmaking technique where an artist carves an image into a block of wood by removing the non-printing areas, leaving the printing parts at the same level as the surface. The block is inked and then pressed onto paper to print the image, with the cut away areas appearing blank. Erhard Reuwich was a 15th century Dutch artist known for his woodcut illustrations of pilgrimages to Jerusalem.

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    WOODCUT

    Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the
    surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the
    surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that the artist cuts away carry no ink,
    while characters or images at surface level carry the ink to produce the print. The block is
    cut along the wood grain (unlike wood engraving, where the block is cut in the end-grain).
    The surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller
    (brayer), leaving ink upon the flat surface but not in the non-printing areas.
    Erhard Reuwich
    Erhard Reuwich was a Dutch artist, as a designer of
    woodcuts, and a printer, who came from Utrecht but then
    worked in Mainz.
    He came from a family of painters in Utrecht, and his
    father may have been Hildebrand Reuwich, who was Dean
    of the painters' guild there in 1470. He traveled on a
    pilgrimage to Jerusalem, which gave rise to his most
    famous work. It has been suggested that he was the Master
    of the Housebook, but this has not been generally
    accepted. Perhaps more likely is his identification as an
    Hand-coloured woodcut by engraver known as the Master of the Book of Reason.
    Erhard Reuwich of the entrance
    to the Church of the Holy
    Sepulcher, Jerusalem
    • Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-
    German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done
    mainly for book illustrations.

    • He worked initially with Virgil Solis, then a leading producer


    of book illustrations. His productivity was very remarkable,
    as may be gathered from the statement of one of his pupils,
    who said that the drawings he made during a period of four
    years would have filled a hay wagon. A large number of his
    original drawings are in the Berlin print room. About 1,500
    prints are attributed to him. He was one of the last major
    producers of woodcuts for books, as during his career
    engravings were gradually taking over that role

    Jost Amman

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