The East Asian tradition of woodblock printing on paper dates from roughly the 7th century in China, and it spread soon thereafter to the Korean peninsula and Japan. This workshop will provide an ...
When Cina He, MCAS ’25 and LSEHD ’25, arrived at her grandparents’ home in Guilin, China, at the end of her junior year at Boston College, she witnessed the aftermath of a severe flood that altered ...
A master carver transfers a drawn design onto a smooth, seasoned plank, traditionally pear wood for its fine, durable grain.
Chinese New Year woodblock prints, or nianhua, flourished hundreds of years ago. /CGTN Gusu woodblock prints like this flourished hundreds of years ago in China. /CGTN Details of Japanese ukiyo-e ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — In the world of art, some acquisitions aren’t just about expanding a collection—they’re about rewriting the map of scholarship and cultural understanding. That’s exactly what ...
In 18th-century China, printing houses in the eastern city of Suzhou used woodblock printing to create colorful, intricate, yet affordable art. People who weren’t well to do used these works to ...