grisaille
pronunciation
How to pronounce grisaille in British English:
UK [grɪ'zeɪl]
How to pronounce grisaille in American English:
US [grɪ'zeɪl]
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- Noun:
- chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of gray imitating the effect of relief
Word Origin
- grisaille (n.)
- painting technique using gray tints, 1848, from French grisaille (17c.), from gris "gray" (12c.), which is from Frankish *gris or some other Germanic source (cognates: Dutch grijs, Old High German gris; see gray (adj.)).
Example
- 1. It was at this time that manuscripts began to be painted in grisaille .
- 2. Grisaille : painting technique by which an image is executed entirely in shades of gray and usually modeled to produce the illusion of sculpture or relief .