Definition of Grisaille. Meaning of Grisaille. Synonyms of Grisaille

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Definition of Grisaille

Grisaille
Grisaille Gri"saille`, n. [F., from gris gray.] 1. (Fine Arts) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass. 2. A kind of French fancy dress goods. --Knight.

Meaning of Grisaille from wikipedia

- Grisaille (/ɡrɪˈzaɪ/ or /ɡrɪˈzeɪl/; French: grisaille, lit. 'gre****' French pronunciation: [ɡʁizaj], from gris 'grey') is a painting executed entirely...
- The Catherine the Great egg, also known as Grisaille Egg and Pink Cameo Egg, is an Imperial Fabergé egg, one of a series of fifty-four jewelled enameled...
- veneda, verdaccio, morellone, imprimatura and grisaille. The different types have different colourings. Grisaille is plain grey. Verdaccio is a grey tending...
- Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium. The outside of the shutters are painted in grisaille, while the inside shutters and center are oil on panel. The work belonged...
- Life of Saint Fulbert Bay 34 Fragments of a Resurrection of Lazarus, grisaille Bay 36 Life of Saint Apollinarius Chartres' windows are celebrated for...
- the Virgin in the house of Saint John in Ephesus." Grisaille window from nave Detail of grisaille window The large stained gl**** windows on the upper...
- be added on top. The grisaille beneath would provide the shading, visible through the layers of color. Sometimes, the grisaille was simply left uncovered...
- technique Gl****blowing Glaze (painting technique) Gongbi Gradation Grattage Grisaille Haboku Hierarchical proportion Illusionistic ceiling painting Impasto...
- consist of some 40 grisaille woodcuts. Art critic Tord Baeckström in Göteborgs Handels- och Sjö****stidning wrote about the grisaille woodcuts: "Billman...
- color. When a picture is monochromatically rendered in gray, it is called grisaille; when in yellow, cirage.[1] The term is also applied to monochrome painting...