In what century were woodcuts and engravings popular art forms?

Question:-In what century were woodcuts and engravings popular art forms?

Answer:

One of the most popular arts of the Middle Ages was woodcut and engraving with the elements brought to the highest level in the 15th and 16th centuries. They helped a way in printing hence making art more accessible to the public thus denying the art privilege of only those people with a lot of money to spend on art works. Woodcuts involved sculpting a picture on a wooden surface and then inking and imprinting it on paper. Engravings, on the other hand, involved inscribing comments on metal plates on copper through cutting known as incising and was commonly used with a burin. Regarding the usage, recipes were used more often in the context of illustration to books, religious art, and as a means of conveying the news or ideas within the society. Some of the other artists who especially made outstanding developments in these media were the more famous Albrecht Durer who was especially distinguished more in engravings and woodcuts and the other one was Hans Holbein the younger whose portraits were easily recognizable and his major contributions were a number of significant illustrations in the woodcut form in the books cognizable.