"Gray Tone Woodcut" Creation Of Popular Phenomenon Analysis

.Black and white woodcut is the oldest type prints, and there are so many ways to express. among them,the "gray tone woodcut" as the main visual effect of black-and-white woodcut,traditionally called the "grey tone woodcut"Grey tone woodcut originated from the west,have extremely glorious history,also influence of The new woodcut movement in China . Due to the influence of many factors,the grey tone woodcut in China has experienced the occurrence, development?regression?recovery and the various stages of popular.Today,influenced by the western style and aesthetic of the grey tone woodcut , through a large number of China's print creative practice,combined with China's aesthetic habits, the emergence of a large number of unique oriental affair grey tone woodcut works,These works occupy a higher academic status,and gradually formed a literary group, attention and thinking.In this paper,Author Based on a grey tone wood creator's point of view,Combined with he own practice, from macroscopic to microcosmic, from the general to the individual, Carding the historical context of Chinese gray tone woodcut, the analysis of Chinese contemporary works of the grey tone woodcut appearance and characteristics,the research on the rules of its creation and performance method, clarify the grey tone woodcut value and significance in Chinese Contemporary Printmaking .And provides the theoretical and practical basis for the grey tone woodcut type in Chinese contemporary printmaking creation.