Art prints of various kinds have existed for thousands of years, beginning with simple cylinder seals and woodblocks to create images and patterns. They slowly evolved into a medium for sharing art, gaining complexity in the hands of various artists and printmakers. The concept of woodcut art prints arrived in Europe around the 15th Century […]
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Albrecht Dürer was a German artist living in the late 1400’s and 1500’s, who became very famous as a painter and theorist during the German Renaissance, however the thing that brought him to widespread attention in his twenties was a woodcut art print series. Although he later produced prints from engravings, during the early part […]
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