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 [..]

A grisaille is a painting which has been executed in monochrome (i.e. one colour) or in a very limited range of colour, but in which the forms are defined by variations of tone. In Mantegna's � [..]

Kathleen Scott tells us that, in the elaborate medieval artwork found in illuminated manuscripts, grisaille refers to "decorative work or illustrative scenes rendered mainly in shades of grey [..]

(n) chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief

A style of painting in gray tints, resembling solid bodies in relief, such as ornaments of cornices, etc.

(Fr. gris, "gray") A painting done entirely in one colour, usually gray. Grisaille paintings were often intended to imitate sculpture.

Pronounced Gri-Zay, the term is derived from the French term "gris" (grey), and refers to monochrome painting executed entirely in shades of gray. Historically the method of Grisaille has be [..]

This is a 'coloured' glass, also popular in the 1220s-1280s Medieval

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A style of monochromatic painting in shades of gray, used especially for the representation of relief sculpture or initial layer of paint applied to a ground, which serves as a base for subsequent lay [..]

(Pronounced: griz-zai) a monochromatic oil painting which is often used in underpaintings or as a black & white painting technique.

A painting in monochrome, i.e. without any prominent colors. Grey and brown are the most used colors for these paintings. Grisailles were often made on the reverse side of the outer panels of triptych [..]

Using monochrome paints on a flat surface to give the illusion of an item in three dimensions. Often appearing as an architectural feature such as a moulding. See also Trompe l’Oeil.