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Definition of grisaille in English: grisaillenoun ɡrɪˈzeɪlɡrɪˈzʌɪ(l)-ˈzāl mass nounArt 1A method of painting in grey monochrome, typically to imitate sculpture. trompe l'oeil elevations painted in grisaille Example sentencesExamples - There were also smaller studies, many in grisaille.
- Painted in grisaille, they show a top-hatted character wandering through hilly landscapes and inclement weather.
- The center panel, executed in grisaille, shows the dog of the title - a pointer - walking down a flight of stairs somewhat uneasily, as dogs tend to do.
- Its colour scheme - grisaille on a dark blue ground - and the decoration of its reverse both suggest that it was made in Venice around 1540-60.
- Although she paints basically in grisaille, she will often add color to the figures to approximate old-fashioned hand-tinted photographs.
- 1.1count noun A grisaille painting or stained-glass window.
fine grisailles by Hans Holbein the Elder Example sentencesExamples - When Eddy and Sophie met he mainly painted grisailles, works in shades of grey.
- He made grisailles of the destitute and maimed which have a moralizing character.
- The mechanically produced grisailles are of the same high standard of quality that I have always demanded of my work.
- Within the present exhibition, the emphasis is on Richter's paintings based on photographs, his pure paintings, his famous grisailles and in particular the abstract expressionist works.
- The sacristy is also worth visiting: it was built in the 16th century and has some interesting grisailles from that period.
Origin Mid 19th century: French, from gris 'grey'. Rhymes ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, frail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale Definition of grisaille in US English: grisaillenoun-ˈzāl Art 1A method of painting in gray monochrome, typically to imitate sculpture. trompe l'oeil elevations painted in grisaille Example sentencesExamples - Painted in grisaille, they show a top-hatted character wandering through hilly landscapes and inclement weather.
- The center panel, executed in grisaille, shows the dog of the title - a pointer - walking down a flight of stairs somewhat uneasily, as dogs tend to do.
- Its colour scheme - grisaille on a dark blue ground - and the decoration of its reverse both suggest that it was made in Venice around 1540-60.
- There were also smaller studies, many in grisaille.
- Although she paints basically in grisaille, she will often add color to the figures to approximate old-fashioned hand-tinted photographs.
- 1.1 A painting or stained-glass window in grisaille style.
fine grisailles by Hans Holbein the Elder Example sentencesExamples - Within the present exhibition, the emphasis is on Richter's paintings based on photographs, his pure paintings, his famous grisailles and in particular the abstract expressionist works.
- He made grisailles of the destitute and maimed which have a moralizing character.
- When Eddy and Sophie met he mainly painted grisailles, works in shades of grey.
- The sacristy is also worth visiting: it was built in the 16th century and has some interesting grisailles from that period.
- The mechanically produced grisailles are of the same high standard of quality that I have always demanded of my work.
Origin Mid 19th century: French, from gris ‘gray’. |