Meanings
- rareuncountableThe art of making xylographs.
Xylography involves writing the text to be printed onto thin paper, fixing the paper face down on a flat wooden block and then carving away the white parts to leave the text upstanding in relief. In order to print, it is necessary to […]
2018, Peter Francis Kornicki, Chinese Writing and the Rise of the Vernacular in East Asia, Oxford University Press, →ISBN1 more example
Furthermore, one ought to mention the xylography that has been attributed to Titian since the eighteenth century and that represents San Rocco e storie della sua vita (fig. 72) (London, British Museum, inv. 1860-4-14-140), circulated as a […]
1995, Manfredo Tafuri, Venice and the Renaissance, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 236
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Frenchxylographie
- Englishxylography
Borrowed from French xylographie, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graphy (“writing”).
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xylography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xylography
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