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Definitions of grisaille in various dictionaries:
noun - chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief
A style of monochromatic painting in shades of gray, used especially for the representation of relief sculpture.
A painting or design in this style.
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| chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of gray imitating the effect of relief |
| A method of painting in grey monochrome, typically to imitate sculpture. |
| A style of monochromatic painting in shades of gray, used especially for the representation of relief sculpture. |
| A painting or design in this style. |
| Vitrifiable glass paint. |
| A lacy pattern painted on light glass with vitrifiable paint and fired. |
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| A grisaille ( or ; French: gris [izaj] 'grey') is a painting executed entirely in shades of grey or of another neutral greyish colour. It is particularly used in large decorative schemes in imitation of sculpture. Many grisailles include a slightly wider colour range, like the Andrea del Sarto fresco illustrated. Paintings executed in brown are referred to as brunaille, and paintings executed in green are called verdaille.A grisaille may be executed for its own sake, as underpainting for an oil painting (in preparation for glazing layers of colour over it), or as a model for an engraver to work from. "Rubens and his school sometimes use monochrome techniques in sketching compositions for engravers." Full colouring of a subject makes many more demands of an artist, and working in grisaille was often chosen as being quicker and cheaper, although the effect was sometimes deliberately chosen for aesthetic reasons. Grisaille paintings resemble the drawings, normally in monochrome, that arti |