xylography made on block cut cross grain. Evolved by the English artist and
engraverThomas Bewick. Compared to
woodcut, allows more pictorial effects, tonal variations, therefore called
tonal engraving.
Woodcut
variety of xylography,
using the woods of less hardness and incised parallel to the vertical axis of
the wood’s grain. All lines and spots are carved on both sides with gouge or
other instrument.
