Examples of woodblock in a Sentence
She made a woodblock print.
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Hiroshige’s series of woodblock prints—produced in the years leading up to his death, in 1858, and thereafter completed by his apprentice, Hiroshige II—is inaccurately named: there are a hundred and eighteen views in all.
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The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
These stick figures remind me of fishermen in an old Japanese woodblock print, their histories and identities dissolved by the low light and the immensity of their stage.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
Make the stamp by gluing strips of crafts foam to a woodblock.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
As in her earlier paintings, Kahraman’s semi-autobiographical forms nod to Renaissance figuration, Japanese woodblock prints, and Persian miniatures, but there’s a ferocity to this body of work that feels fresh.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, activities—like a digital imitation of woodblock carving—show how it can be used to make art.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2023
Supplementing the huge woodblocks are nearly 100 prints that scale from little to tiny.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
The woodblock prints of José Guadalupe Posada, known for depicting Mexico’s political classes as a funereal parade of skeletons, have become part of global popular culture.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
Among the woodblocks are swirling waterscapes, sometimes realistic yet often abstract and psychedelic.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
These stick figures remind me of fishermen in an old Japanese woodblock print, their histories and identities dissolved by the low light and the immensity of their stage.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
Make the stamp by gluing strips of crafts foam to a woodblock.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
As in her earlier paintings, Kahraman’s semi-autobiographical forms nod to Renaissance figuration, Japanese woodblock prints, and Persian miniatures, but there’s a ferocity to this body of work that feels fresh.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, activities—like a digital imitation of woodblock carving—show how it can be used to make art.
—Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2023
Supplementing the huge woodblocks are nearly 100 prints that scale from little to tiny.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
The woodblock prints of José Guadalupe Posada, known for depicting Mexico’s political classes as a funereal parade of skeletons, have become part of global popular culture.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
Among the woodblocks are swirling waterscapes, sometimes realistic yet often abstract and psychedelic.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
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woodblock
noun
wood·block
ˈwu̇d-ˌbläk 
: woodcut
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