Research Guides: History of Text Technologies: Woodblocks and Wood Engravings

Woodblocks and Wood Engravings

D. And. Alciati Emblemata denuo by Andrea Alciati
Call Number: PN6349 .A4 1564
Publication Date: 1564

Opera ... con laquale si può ammestrare qualsi voglia cuoco, scalco, triciante, o mastro di casa. Divisa un sei libri ... Con le figure che fanno dibisogno nella cucir aggiontoui nuouamente il tricante, & il mastro di casa by Bartolomeo Scappi
Call Number: Vault ; TX711 .S24 1622
Publication Date: 1622
History of British birds. by Bewick, Thomas
Call Number: Rare ; QL690.G7 B5
Publication Date: 1797-1804
The History of British Birds is the best-known work of Thomas Bewick, an 18th-century wood engraver famed for his finely-detailed, imaginative illustrations. Bewick’s revolutionary technique and artistic skill are said to have revived the medium of wood-engraving at this time.

Making a Woodcut
This short essay from the Met is accompanied by video clips and shows how woodcuts are made.
The Printed Image in the West: Woodcut
This short essay, also by the Met, introduces the early history of woodcuts and how they developed in Europe during the early modern period.