How to Use monotype in a Sentence

monotype

noun
  • Water, sand, and rocks are his subjects in these paintings and monotypes.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • Next to this work is the piece Jaguar Woman #2, which is a monotype print of a woman with a curvy body type in an orange jumpsuit with jaguar spots.
    Darryl Ratcliff, Dallas News, 25 July 2019
  • Degas’ work is known as a monotype, or a cross between a painting and engraving.
    Alex Horton, Philly.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Degas's work is known as a monotype, or a cross between a painting and engraving.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • A stunning show of Edgar Degas monotypes gave his towering achievement a more modern tilt.
    Holland Cotter and Roberta Smith, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2016
  • The monotype also will be featured at a Degas exhibit opening next year.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The monotype will also be featured at a Degas exhibit opening next year.
    Alex Horton, Philly.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • As the Ministry of Culture explains, the work itself is a monotype, where the artist makes an image in ink or paint on a metal plate, which is then run through a press, creating a single image.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Hoyem says, entering a room of monotype casters, where the machines, some a century old, cast individual letters and lines of metal type from molten lead.
    Brandon Yu, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Techniques such as monotype printing, a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface and transferring the image to a sheet of paper by pressing the two together.
    Sarah Bonnette, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The exhibit features more than 100 works by Degas and his friends and consists largely of drawings and prints along with photographs, monotypes, correspondence and sculpture.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Jessop, as alternate to Billy Lyons, champion small craft skipper from Hollywood, will sale in part of the international monotype yacht races.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2019
  • An abstractionist who’s unafraid of real-world references, Natasha Karpinskaia makes monotypes that evoke a garden of pastels.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
  • In the national tryouts Jessop, although inexperienced at sailing monotype craft, trailed Lyons by only three points.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2019
  • In a series of monotypes, Degas even takes us inside the brothel and — uncharacteristically — lets his revulsion show.
    Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Roberta Friedman, who has worked as a lawyer, created an encaustic monotype collage of papers describing legal matters.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 11 June 2019
  • The exhibit includes more than 100 pieces, including paintings, drawings, pastels, etchings, monotypes and sculptures, covering his artistic interests in dancers, nudes and horses.
    Sarah Maiellano, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2018
  • This particular monotype was exhibited at the Impressionist Exhibition of 1877 and made a splash with critics, who noticed its realism and bold layout.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The shade also created an atmospheric moody backdrop for the artist's sketches and monotypes, which were deviations from his popular ballerina pastels, according to Fast Co.
    Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 10 Aug. 2016
  • Water, sand, and rocks are his subjects in these paintings and monotypes.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • Next to this work is the piece Jaguar Woman #2, which is a monotype print of a woman with a curvy body type in an orange jumpsuit with jaguar spots.
    Darryl Ratcliff, Dallas News, 25 July 2019
  • Degas’ work is known as a monotype, or a cross between a painting and engraving.
    Alex Horton, Philly.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Degas's work is known as a monotype, or a cross between a painting and engraving.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • A stunning show of Edgar Degas monotypes gave his towering achievement a more modern tilt.
    Holland Cotter and Roberta Smith, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2016
  • The monotype also will be featured at a Degas exhibit opening next year.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The monotype will also be featured at a Degas exhibit opening next year.
    Alex Horton, Philly.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • As the Ministry of Culture explains, the work itself is a monotype, where the artist makes an image in ink or paint on a metal plate, which is then run through a press, creating a single image.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Hoyem says, entering a room of monotype casters, where the machines, some a century old, cast individual letters and lines of metal type from molten lead.
    Brandon Yu, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Techniques such as monotype printing, a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface and transferring the image to a sheet of paper by pressing the two together.
    Sarah Bonnette, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The exhibit features more than 100 works by Degas and his friends and consists largely of drawings and prints along with photographs, monotypes, correspondence and sculpture.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019

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