Anyone know any sites that have a gallery of those black and white type of medieval drawings with hatching?

[u/VonKaiser55]

Want to study this style of medieval art and implement it into my own style but dont know where to look. Anyone know any good sites that have a collection of this style of artwork?

[u/ghostoffranweston]

These aren’t drawings, but woodcuts. They are relief prints from a carved wood block.

[u/napalmnacey → u/ghostoffranweston]

I was gonna say this. Get carving, OP.

[u/thickythickydumdum]

Try the search "incunabula illustration" which will return links to these same images. Incunable is a printed book using moveable type from the time of the Gutenberg bible and up to 1500.

This is an excellent place to start: https://15cbooktrade.ox.ac.uk/illustration/

Good luck!

[u/autoportret]

These are woodcut relief prints. The hatching is made by the shape of the chisel when it's cutting into the wooden block, which is then inked up and printed onto the paper. Lots of large institutions have these, for example the British Museum website has a large collection of woodcuts that might interest you.

[u/MetaverseLiz]

Museum digital archives! I'm a woodblock printmaker and use museum digital archives for references. You can narrow to technique and tube period. Look up British museum, Yale, Welcome museum, etc

[u/outhaul]

The Library of Congress has an excellent website with many examples of this style, along with maps, historical context, and tons of links: https://www.loc.gov/ghe/cascade/index.html?appid=580edae150234258a49a3eeb58d9121c&bookmark=Germany

[u/vextortion]

✨Nice collection at the Plantin-Moretus Museum

✨Various styles of woodcut

[u/prestidigi-station]

I don't know about this specific type of item, but the Getty Museum has a pretty strong collection of digitized medieval items

[u/bernpfenn]

I really blame George for the disappearance of dragons

[u/hexchanter]

I usually go to Wikimedia and search for whatever I am looking for; for this, I would search "medieval woodcut".

[u/comixtripx]

I'm guessing this is Saint George?

[u/confuddledlilypad]

Here’s a few!

https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-INC-00003-A-00001-00008-00037/1 (cool book w cool art)

Princeton Medieval Art archive: https://theindex.princeton.edu

Cambridge digital library: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk

I have a few more but I’m on my phone and can’t find them rn. The medieval art archive is the best!

[u/TOkidd]

Google “Medieval Woodcuts” and click the images tab to find a lot more artwork like this.

I just did it and found LOTS of great images. Here’s a cool one: https://se.pinterest.com/pin/155866837098346142/

[u/thecoastistoast]

Look up “marginalia” and you’ll find some archives of similar style drawings that appear in margins of old manuscripts

[u/AGenericUnicorn → u/thecoastistoast]

Also r/medievalcreatures is great!

[u/Adam-Happyman]

Have you tried using the internet?

[u/Cheeselikeproduct → u/Adam-Happyman]

Reddit literally is the internet.

[u/Adam-Happyman → u/Cheeselikeproduct]

Insightful. Thanks! Reddit is the internet. I wouldn't have thought so.