Definition von monotype im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.West, Shearer (general editor), The Bullfinch Guide to Art History, page 639, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom, 1996. ISBN 0-8212-2137-X
A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printers ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper
a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)
or monoprint In art printmaking, a technique prized because of its unique textural qualities. Monotypes are made by drawing with printer's ink or oil paint onto glass or a plate of metal or stone. The drawing is then pressed by hand onto a sheet of absorbent paper or printed on an etching press. The pigment remaining on the plate is usually insufficient to make another print unless the original design is reinforced. Subsequent prints invariably differ from the first, because variations in repainting and printing are inevitable. In the 19th century, William Blake and Edgar Degas experimented with the technique
Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species
A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also, the process of making such prints