"A monoprint is a single impression of an image made from a reprintable block. Materials such as metal plates, litho stones or wood blocks are used for etching upon.... Monoprints are known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques; it is essentially a printed painting. The characteristic of this method is that no two prints are alike. The beauty of this medium is also in its spontaneity and its combination of printmaking, painting and drawing media.... Monoprinting has been used by many artists, among them
Georg Baselitz. Some old master prints, like etchings by Rembrandt with individual manipulation of ink as 'surface tone,' or hand-painted etchings by Degas (usually called monotypes) might be classifiable as monoprints, but they are rarely so described."
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"Monoprinting" (Wikipedia), which I'm reading this morning, because "monoprint" is a pangram in today's
NYT Spelling Bee...
... but you get a "Not on the word list" rejection if you try to enter it. They keep obscure things off the list, but "hali" and "baht" were accepted words on yesterday's Spelling Bee. Ah, well. Your obscurity is not my obscurity. Here's a reproduction of a monoprint by Georg Baselitz:
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Looks like what you see when you're on the ground getting beaten up.
A few days ago they wouldn't accept "cope." Cope! I can't cope!
Here's a reproduction of a monoprint...
Well, well, well. Isn't that against the rules?
"A monoprint is a single impression of an image made from a reprintable block. Materials such as metal plates, litho stones or wood blocks are used for etching upon.... Monoprints are known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques; it is essentially a printed painting. The characteristic of this method is that no two prints are alike.
You gangsta!
"Monoprinting is a form of printmaking that has lines or images that can only be made once, ...."
I think that should read: ...that are only made once.
If wood or metal is being used, the substrate is certainly reusable...
It is up to the artist or printer. Of course variations in inking mean that no two will be alike.
9 Types of Printmaking You Need to Know
Includes "monotype," but not "monoprinting."
Etching is one I always associate with the pick-up line, "would you like to come up to see my etchings."
Also called monotype.
Degas made many monotypes. And he often then drew on top of them with pastels.
Anybody can own a reproduction. But only a special person can own a monoprint.
You would know “baht” if you didn’t hate travel
I was angered by their rejection of "monoprint" too! The puzzle required so many points to get to Genius level today, that I was certain that it was a double Pangram day. "Monoprint" isn't nearly as obscure as several of the food and yoga words that they routinely accept.
@Rob, I was also flabbergasted the other day when they rejected "cope".
But this is still my favorite puzzle. I can't help myself...
Doesn't the "m" need to be adjacent to the "o"?
wild chicken said...
Looks like what you see when you're on the ground getting beaten up.
Or...
"He's dead."
@ambrose
No. The rule is just that the middle letter must be in the word.
In fact, you can hit a button to rearrange the letters to try to get new ideas.
They didn't allow "prion" today, and no "tubal" yesterday. But they allowed "porno" and "halal." I don't get it.
It's Postmodern art. It looks like something out of a "B" horror movie shot on under-exposed 8-millimeter film.
But it's art. The important people think it is, anyway.
Tubal, I wrote to them about yesterday. I thought of monoprint this morning but, eh, it was early and I said to myself, they probably won't accept it. Yesterday I sent two emails but cannot recall which word the other one was about.
I can certainly see why they only wanted one copy. I'm only puzzled anyone wanted that. Maybe it was for mom's refrigerator.
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