Look up: grisaille

1. Grisaille
   Grisaille (aɪ or l; gris ɡʁizaj `grey`) is a term for painting executed entirely in monochrome or near-monochrome, usually in shades of grey. It is particularly used in large decorative schemes in imitation of sculpture. Many grisailles in fact include a slightly wider colour range, like the And...
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2. grisaille
   [n] - chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of gray imitating the effect of relief
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3. grisaille
   Monochrome painting in shades of grey, either used as a ground for an oil painting, or as a work of art in its own right simulating the effect of bas relief. The latter technique was...
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4. Grisaille
   This is a 'coloured' glass, also popular in the 1220s-1280s Medieval period. However, this was not like stained glass. It was produced by making clear glass, incising cross-hatching parallel lines in this and filling them. The grooves were filled by an iron-lead paste, or crushed glass fragments, an...
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5. grisaille
   A painting,stained-glass window in the grisaille manner(=a technique of monochrome painting in shades of grey) Category: Management in the public and private sector • A technique of monochrome painting in shades of grey. Category: Management in the public and private sector
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6. Grisaille
   Gri'saille` noun [ French, 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.
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7. grisaille
   noun chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief
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8. Grisaille
   • (n.) Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass. • (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods.
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9. grisaille
   painting technique by which an image is executed entirely in shades of gray and usually severely modeled to create the illusion of sculpture, ... [3 related articles]
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10. Grisaille
    A stained glass window incorporating muted tones as opposed to bright colors.
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11. Grisaille
    The technique of painting a highly-modeled, black and white monochromatic base painting and then glazing it with transparent colors
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12. grisaille
    grisaille (grizī', –zāl', Fr. grēzä'yu) , a monochrome painting and drawing technique executed in tones of gray. Such works were often produced in the Renaissance to simulate sculpture, as in Uccello's equestrian portrait of Sir John Hawkswood (Cathedral of F...
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13. Grisaille
    The technique of painting a highly-modeled, black and white monochromatic base painting and then glazing it with transparent colors.
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14. grisaille
    A painting in monochrome, i.e. without any prominent colors. Grey and brown are the most used colors for these paintings. Grisailles were often made on the reverse side of the outer panels of triptychs in churches. Such triptychs, often altarpieces, were usually closed during most of the week. The g...
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15. Grisaille
    The painting of the subject in gray colors, used as an under painting.
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