Monochrome painting

In the monochrome painting, the artist is limited to the use of a color or a color is at least predominantly. Be expected This does not include graphic works, but is seen in ink washes as a limiting case or original work genus, such as Chinese ink painting.

Terminology

The name comes from the Greek monos monochrome = "one " and chroma = " color". It is the opposite of polychromy ( true color ). As Monochrome painting, Monochrome painting is thus referred to, this can be for example, a canvas that is painted with only one color. It can also be a two-dimensional propagation of a single color, this can, depending on the interpretation of the term, including shades of color and shades of the same color ( for example, different shades of blue ) are added. Monochrome painting can therefore be referred to as Einfarbmalerei, the color plays a dominant meaning of the work.

In the monochrome painting often lighter and darker tones of a single color are used, they can be found for example in ornaments or patterns on wallpaper and fabrics. This is therefore often referred to as " tone-on -tone painting."

Tone-on -tone painting

As a tone-on -tone painting a mostly harmonious action painting is called, which consists of very closely related hues. Here, a fundamental ( midrange ) is predominant. An early phase of monochrome painting is already found from Baroque to Historicism. This painting is also known as camieu. If only shades of gray are used, it is called grisaille .. There are other forms, such as sepia painting in brown the squid ink.

Camaïeu

The term camieu, comes from the French " en peinture camaïeu " ( " painted like a cameo " ) and refers to a monochromatic configuration of the painting in several shades of the same color. This kind of image composition was common in the 16th century in Italy. In the 18th century they were carried out, for example, as thumbnails, or under glass, as decor in can lids or porcelain, used. Here, the impression should be give for example an ivory reliefs. Were used exclusively for yellow tones, so they called this subspecies " Cirage ".

Monochromaticism of modernity

In modernity, a monochromatic developed in extreme Colorful painting to strictly monochromatic works that are completely abstract held a color value in ( almost ). Kasimir Malevich is a well-known painter of the 20th century, which dealt with it. In addition, Yves Klein was a prominent representative. His pictorial compositions are entirely in a ultramarine blue with the name International Klein Blue, which is also part of the title.

Among the most important representatives of German monochrome painting belonged Raimund Girke. In a great article of time magazine, a supplement of the weekly Die Zeit, he was once referred to as "The White Giant", which is related to its 1957 started limitation to the color white, which he henceforth modulated only in small measure, only very constructive often limited to basic shapes such as circles and squares, and later liberal with a penchant for gestural painting. But always the color to white and shades of white was limited to gray and blue.

From the monochrome in the modern example, there are works by Yves Klein (1928-1962) which are very well known. He called himself " Yves le Monochrome " and experimented since 1946 with this practice.

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