woodcut illustration

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woodcut
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwʊd.kʌt/us
/ˈwʊd.kʌt/
a picture printed from a pattern that has been cut in the surface of a block ...
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illustration
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/
a picture in a book, magazine, etc. or the process of ...
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(Definition ofwoodcutandillustrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They had a yellowish orange cover that often feature awoodcutillustration.
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Each entry contains a detailedwoodcutillustrationof the item catalogued, and a detailed description including the dimensions and weight of the artefact.
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Color ink turned intowoodcutillustration, 1885.
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We find it equally applicable to generating more abstract hatch patterns, such as those employed in woodcut illustrations and other forms of print-making.
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The single-chambered medieval parish church is shown in awoodcutillustrationto have been extensively rebuilt in the 18th century with round arched windows and roof dormers.
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During the 15th century, books illustrated with woodcut illustrations became available.
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These patterned rhymes were often supported by gloomy woodcut illustrations.
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Standard woodcut illustrations were repeated, often even within a single book, wherever the plot allowed such repetition.
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Towards the end of the 15th century, printers produced books of hours with woodcut illustrations.
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With over 2,000 woodcut illustrations, it was the first significantly illustrated dictionary, setting the trend which continues today.
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These publications also appeared as pamphlets and small booklets (for longer narratives, often written in a letter format), often containing woodcut illustrations.
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Early herbals had simple, not very realistic, woodcut illustrations of plants.
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The book contains many woodcut illustrations of distilling apparatus with interesting figures and descriptions of plants.
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Delamotte created 87 woodcut illustrations that focused on trees or architectural features.
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