Free downloadable public domain Catholic images that are engravings or woodcuts. Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking. Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.
Details: This is a half-length print of the Virgin Mary, on a cloud, with a halo of (oxidized) silver. This is likely a relief/woodcut. Woodcuts are probably the oldest method of printing – the application of ink to the saved image areas which are raised – the non-image areas being removed...
🙏🏽Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to help keep this site free!Image Details According to the New Testament, a woven crown of thorns was placed on the head of Jesus during the events leading up to his crucifixion. It was one of the instruments of the Passion,...
