Monotypie
monotype (unique print)
noun mo-no-tue-PEE Rare
Origin: from Greek monos (single) + typos (impression)
Usage Note
Monotypie is a printmaking technique that produces a single unique print by painting on a flat plate and transferring the image to paper; no edition is possible. Degas was a prolific user of the Monotypie. Feminine noun.
Examples
"Da jede Monotypie ein Unikat ist, verbindet sie die Spontaneität der Malerei mit dem Druck."
Natural Translation
Since every monotype is unique, it combines the spontaneity of painting with printmaking.
Literal Translation
Since each monotype a unique-piece is, it combines the spontaneity of painting with the print.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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