Grisaille
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grisaille is a noun meaning A stained-glass window in this style.
Meaning
A stained-glass window in this style.
More Meanings
- (art) In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting.
Example Sentences
Very pertinent relationships between these grisailles of the vegetal type and Islamic transennas have been established by Eva Frodl-Kraft, between that of Obazine with palmettes enchâssées, and a transenna from the Umayyad castle of Qasr-el Heir al Gharbi (about 727-750), today reconstructed at the National Museum in Damascus, and with a plaque, probably of Syrian origin, reused over a tomb in San Marco in Venice.
Word Forms
- grisailles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grayscale, glazing, greyscale, greyware, gray, grize.
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