Carving & Engraving List

1 Ukiyo-e: the pictures of the floating world

http://www.bahnhof.se/~secutor/ukiyo-e/

This site includes an extensive gallery of images, a catalogue of Japanese woodblock prints, and a discussion forum on Japanese prints and woodcuts. It is an art closely connected with the pleasures of theatres, restaurants, teahouses, geisha and courtesans in the even then very large city. Many ukiyo-e prints by artists like Utamaro and Sharaku were in fact posters, advertising theatre performances and brothels, or idol portraits of popular actors and beautiful teahouse girls. But this

2 The John DePol Site

http://www.slis.ua.edu/ba/depol.html

The John DePol Site, dedicated to a great American wood engraver.

3 The Engravers Art: Newspaper Mastheads

http://www.lva.lib.va.us/pubserv/vnp/mast/masthead.htm

This is a small on-line exhibition by the Virginia Newspaper Project which celebrates the artistry that was once involved in the creation of newspaper mastheads.

4 Escher Art Collection

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~davemc/Pic/Escher/

A large collection of M. C. Eschers art, presented with permission of the copyright owner, includes his famous etchings.

5 Etchings

http://www.aa.psu.edu/courses/art122w/Etchingrtf.html

Etching is one of a family of printmaking techniques called intaglio engraving on metal, usually copper, includes famous intagio etching "Rembrandt Faust in his Study 1652".

6 Lithography History

http://www2.mmlc.nwu.edu/c303/levavy/lithography.html

Lithography history about a relatively young form of printmaking invented by an amateur comedic playwright named Alois Senefelder in 1798. An exhibit of Student Work from The Lithography Workshop at the Northwestern University.

7 Lithography

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/~dkumar/Litho/Litho.html

An exhibit of Lithography.