What is "lubok"

n. A Russian popular print, characterized by simple graphics and narratives derived from literature, religious stories and popular tales, traditionally used as decoration in houses and inns.

A lubok (plural Lubki, Cyrillic: ) is a Russian popular print, characterized by simple graphics and narratives derived from literature, religious stories and popular tales. Lubki prints were used as decoration in houses and inns. Early examples from the late 17th and early 18th centuries were woodcuts, then engravings or etchings were typical, and from the mid-19th century lithography. They sometimes appeared in series, which might be regarded as predecessors of the modern comic strip. Cheap and simple books, similar to chapbooks, which mostly consisted of pictures, are called lubok literature or ( Cyrillic: ). Both pictures and literature are commonly referred to simply as lubki. The Russian word lubok derives from lub - a special type of board that pictures were printed on.

In Russian, Lubok (Cyrillic: Лубок) stands for:

• Lubok - A variety of Russian popular prints, characterized by simple graphics and generally a narrative goal.
• The bark of tilia, which had a variety of uses in Russia. The bark was cut from the tree, boiled, then strengthened and dried.
• The Dutch name of Bawean island in Indonesia used in the 18-20th centuries.