Linocut
リノカット / 1890s– / Technique / Relief Printing
Cuts the smooth block boldly, giving few colors and repeated figures a driving rhythm.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Large cut planes
- Overlapping color blocks
- Simplified figures
- Repeating movement
Best used for
- Showing crowds and daily motion as rhythm
- A friendly hand-printed feel in few colors
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Letters sturdy enough to hold against the shapes; one color per block
- Composition
- Repeat forms with aligned motion; change the current in one place
- Material
- Two to five color blocks, broad cut planes, the paper's ground
- Caution
- The difference from woodcut is not mere roughness. Use linoleum's smooth curves and planes.
- Further study
- Ethel Spowers / Claude Flight / Grosvenor School
Related entries
- Woodcut (木版画)Same Relief Printing lineage.Compare Linocut and Woodcut
- WPA Poster (WPAポスター)Shared effects: Exhilaration / Intimacy.Compare Linocut and WPA Poster
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- Letterpress (活版印刷)Shared effects: Nostalgia.
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