grisaille

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It includes a window of old "grisaille," patterned gray glass, which has been copied all too much of late years, a delightful set of choir stalls carved in the eighteenth century with speaking likenesses of the village worthies-and the not so worthies, and the tomb of St-Etienne d'Aubazine.

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  1. noun A style of monochromatic painting in shades of gray, used especially for the representation of relief sculpture.
  2. noun A painting or design in this style.
  3. noun Vitrifiable glass paint.

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  • Michelle, lustrous as a grisaille-glass Early English cathedral window at sunset, had met me as instructed in our lonely office. —  The Tartan Sell - Jonathan Gash - Lovejoy 10
  • It includes a window of old "grisaille," patterned gray glass, which has been copied all too much of late years, a delightful set of choir stalls carved in the eighteenth century with speaking likenesses of the village worthies-and the not so worthies, and the tomb of St-Etienne d'Aubazine. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Compared with the black-and-white approach of his predecessor, Obama's technique is practically grisaille. —  Slate Magazine
  • "I immediately indicate the local color rather than underpaint complements or block in a grisaille of values," the artist says. —  American Artist
  • Brosen begins with an extremely elaborate underdrawing -- a sort of grisaille -- done in graphite before he puts down any washes. —  American Artist
 

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  1. French, from gris, gray, from Old French, from Frankish *grīs.

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  1. French, from gris, gray: see grise.
 

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/griˈzeɪl/
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