Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in...
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Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used...
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Woodblock printing on textiles is the process of printing patterns on textile, usually of linen, cotton or silk, by means of carved wooden blocks. The...
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pottery imprints, and cloth printing. Initially a method of printing patterns on cloth such as silk, woodblock printing for texts on paper originated...
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of printing called mechanical woodblock printing on paper started in China during the 7th century in the Tang dynasty. The use of woodblock printing spread...
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pressing an inked image onto paper (using woodblock printing) appeared later that century. Later developments in printing technology include the movable type...
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history of Woodblock printing in Korea (목판인쇄) contains a famous history like the Tripitaka Koreana. The world's oldest surviving woodblock print is thought...
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Four Great Inventions (section Woodblock printing)
enormous printing projects using woodblock movable type printing during the 18th century. Although superseded by western printing techniques, woodblock movable...
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Book (section Woodblock printing)
until the invention of printing. Other parts of the world had comparable traditions, such as the Persian miniature. Woodblock printing emerged in China, spread...
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attraction beyond the limits of a pattern or design. Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East...
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Ukiyo-e (redirect from Ukiyoe wood block printing)
their own woodblocks for printing; rather, production was divided between the artist, who designed the prints; the carver, who cut the woodblocks; the printer...
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musical instrument Woodblock printing, a method of printing in which an image is carved into the surface of a piece of wood Woodblock graffiti Toy block, a type...
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Tang dynasty (section Woodblock printing)
geographical works. Notable innovations included the development of woodblock printing. Buddhism became a major influence in Chinese culture, with native...
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Movable type (redirect from Type (printing))
printed on the paper. By the Song dynasty, woodblock printing came to its heyday. Although woodblock printing played an influential role in spreading culture...
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Bull moved to Tokyo in 1986 to learn more about traditional Japanese woodblock printing. In 1989 he embarked on an ambititous ten-year project, recreating...
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Calico (redirect from Colour-making in Calico Printing)
transfer the inks. After 1888, block printing was only used for short-run specialized jobs. After 1880, profits from printing fell due to overcapacity and the...
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Wasōbon (section Printing history)
the Edo period (1603–1867), when woodblock printing became comparatively affordable and widespread. Movable-type printing had been used from the late 16th...
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History of books (redirect from Global spread of book printing)
process that woodblock printing was, Bi Sheng, a key contributor to the history of printing, invented the process of Movable type printing (1041–1048 CE)...
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press's invention included: manufacturing of paper, development of ink, woodblock printing, and invention of eyeglasses. At the same time, a number of medieval...
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Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the...
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developments in woodblock printing, timekeeping, mechanical engineering, medicine, and structural engineering. The popularization of woodblock printing during...
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to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). Woodblock printing on textiles preceded printing on paper in both East Asia and Europe, and the use...
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Lithography (redirect from Lithographic printing)
or stippled to score cavities to contain the printing ink; and woodblock printing or letterpress printing, wherein ink is applied to the raised surfaces...
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hand tool with a flat bottom and a knotted handle used in Japanese woodblock printing. It is used to burnish (firmly rub) the back of a sheet of paper,...
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printed textiles. Batik Digital textile printing Screen printing Stripping (textiles) Transfer-print Woodblock printing Tie-dye "Strawberry Thief". The Cleveland...
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Digital printing is a method of printing from a digital-based image directly to a variety of media. It usually refers to professional printing where small-run...
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Song dynasty (section Movable type printing)
was enhanced by the rapid expansion of woodblock printing and the 11th-century invention of movable type printing. Philosophers such as Cheng Yi and Zhu...
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Dot matrix printing, sometimes called impact matrix printing, is a computer printing process in which ink is applied to a surface using a relatively low-resolution...
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Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly...
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3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety...
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