English to Icelandic Meaning of monotype - Setningarvél


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Definitions of monotype in English
Noun(1) (biology, a single species or genus(2) the sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate(3) a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters
Examples of monotype in English
(1) The top lot at the sale was a Johns monotype , ‘Savarin’ which fetched $365,900.(2) Her landscape monotype is a wonderful riot of mark-making and colour, which at a single glance tells the viewer that this artist is rich in terms of life experience, character and ability.(3) Each student was required to hand in their monotype , their embossing, and their entire sections of relief prints, appropriately numbered and signed.(4) For nearly a century, the text to be printed was cast in hot metal, using monotype to set single characters or linotype to set text line by line.(5) Around the same time Castiglione was creating monotypes , art historians report that Rembrandt van Rijn was experimenting with monoprints.(6) During the past few years, Andrews has begun making lithographs, etchings, monotypes and giclees of fashion-related images.(7) It is only in the last 30 years that computers have replaced the bulky Monotype and Linotype machines that had generated type in much the same way Gutenberg did in the 15th century.(8) He also made about 200 monotypes , an unusually large œuvre in this medium.(9) Over the years they donated nearly three hundred examples in a variety of mediums including sculpture, paintings, drawings, watercolors, and monotypes .(10) They are possibly used most successfully in a series of monotypes , where the relatively loose handling and brushy texture lead to slight but somehow welcome distortions.(11) A few years ago, the Terra Museum in Chicago hosted an exhibition of monotypes and prints by American artists.(12) The generally horizontal format and evident horizon lines of the 11 oil paintings and three monotypes make it clear that these are landscapes.(13) I am convinced that the powerful re-emergence of monotypes and woodcuts relates directly to the explosions and reverberations of new technologies.(14) The exhibition features a mixed bag of etchings, silkscreens, monotypes , mixed media works and artist's books, which explore concepts of personal experience and identity as well as genre critiques.(15) The company will publish limited-edition giclees and original monotypes on canvas for distribution to various luxury cruise ship lines.(16) ‘Slug machines’ was the term used generically to distinguish these line-casters from the Monotype machine which cast individual pieces of type and assembled the cast types into a line.
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