And he had come prepared with his woodcut printmaking supplies ... designs because we live in a time when people forget their history,” González-Medina said. “The resistance means that ...

The earliest print technique, woodcut first appeared in China in the ninth century. Arriving in Europe around 1400, it was originally used for stamping designs onto fabrics, textiles, or playing cards ...

Often brightly colored and meticulously detailed, woodblock prints gained initial prominence in Japan as an accessible artform during the Edo Period (1603-1868). Prints made during this period are ...

In the chilly winter visitors to Hexingyong Workshop in east China Shandong Province are greeted by a welcoming aroma of wood and inkKnown for its Y ...

“It even dates back to very early Buddhist prints. Japan has had a long history of woodblock printmaking, it was an important part of their practice, certainly in the Edo period,” May said. “Those are ...

What would it feel like to be inside of this artwork? Image credit: Utagawa Kuniaki II, 1835 - 1888 (Japanese), Ōzumō Keiko no zu [Professional Sumo Wrestlers Practicing], 1866, woodcut on paper, 13 3 ...