![]() ![]() In our collection of black and white prints, we have a sketch by Michelangelo. Sketches for the Medici Chapel by Michelangelo The artist from Cape Town, South Africa specialises in underwater photography. The light source comes from the surface, and breaks through to light the subject. The photograph depicts a woman floating underwater, her dress flowing dreamily. Gabriela Slegrova’s black and white photograph Laura is stark. Rembrandt depicts the details of his patterned cloak and folds of his soft hat. It’s an incredibly detailed piece of art that makes it hard to believe it is an etching. In 1631, the Dutch artist Rembrandt etched his portrait. ![]() Self-portrait in a Soft Hat Patterned Cloak (1631) by Rembrandt His work in photography helped to establish photojournalism as an artform.īlack and white art usually deals with artworks created using photography, however, is not limited to this. His photographs are lauded for being spontaneous and humane. The French photographer excelled in black and white print photography, capturing his surroundings. One of the most important photographers of the twentieth century was Henri Cartier-Besson. His aim as an artist was to eliminate the prettiness of symbolism. Inspired by Malevich, Reinhardt created an entire series on the subject, titled Black Paintings (1954-1967) and claimed the paintings was the last one can paint. 5 (1962) which is limited in texture and maintains a solid black canvas. In what seems to be a one-up on Malevich’s Black Square is Ad Reinhardt’s Abstract Painting No. Three years later Malevich used the colour white to further push boundaries of what constitutes art. The painting challenged the conventions of the time and stirred controversy on the meaning of art. ![]() In his 1915 painting Black Square, Malevich paints a black square within a white border. One famous artist who has played within the confines of black and white artwork is Russian artist Kazimir Malevich. They have either worked within the confines of black and white or chosen a solitary colour to express whatever their idea. There are a range of artists who work in monochrome, including Henri Cartier-Besson, Ad Reinhardt, and Robert Rauschenberg. There are no mediums limited to the colours black and white. The use of black and white falls under the term monochrome, however monochrome means the use of any single colour in a work. In wall art, black and white means the predominant use of two colours to depict a subject or express an idea. It lives an existence of both a symbol of modernism that presents usually during times of artistic and social turmoil, and through its uses in geometric precision and expressionism, which it has proved enduring and wistfully intangible. Black and white prints as a style has never become dominant in its time, nor have any artists dedicated themselves purely to it, however it remains omnipresent. Black and white art is considered particularly engaging for artists, critics and art-lovers alike for the wide-ranging possibilities of interpretation that its style lends to a canvas. Black and white prints, also known as monochrome, is a placeholder in contemporary art that emerged as part of the avant-garde movement in the 20 thcentury and continues to hold place in works of the modern day. Our monochrome collection is timeless and stylish, letting the artwork speak for itself without any colour. ![]()
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