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Definition of Grisaille
1. Noun. Chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief.
Definition of Grisaille
1. n. Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.
Definition of Grisaille
1. Noun. (arts) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grisaille
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grisaille
Literary usage of Grisaille
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Windows: A Book about Stained & Painted Glass by Lewis Foreman Day (1897)
"EARLY grisaille. WITH grisaille glass begins a new chapter in the history of
glass painting, and a most important one—not only because of the beautiful work ..."
2. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1831)
"P. Engraved by C. Galle, from a picture done en grisaille. Now jn the collection
of the ... P. Engraved by SA Bolswert, from a picture painted en grisaille. ..."
3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1921)
"Ezra Pound REVIEWS KORAL grisaille Kara in Hell: Improvisations, by William Carlos
Williams. Four Seas Co. Patience, rather than any other attribute, ..."
4. History of Painting by Karl Woermann (1880)
"... examples at Strassburg and elsewhere in Germany—grisaille system of glass-painting
adopted to conform with the Cistercian rule ; examples in France, ..."
5. The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob, James Dafforne (1870)
"Miniatures in Monochrome and in grisaille.—Illuminators at the Court of Franco
and to the Dukes of Burgundy.—School of John Fouquet. ..."
6. Storied Windows: A Traveller's Introduction to the Study of Old Church Glass by Arthur J. de Havilland Bushnell (1914)
"The next step was to paint figures in grisaille, of which the earliest known
instance is ... Next, a coloured figure was set on a grisaille quarry window ..."
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