grisaille

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• Her latest artwork features a grisaille technique that emphasizes the intricate details of the subject.

• The Bergamo copy is a painting in grisaille, as the Cook version appears to be.

  Academic text (2013)

• The same holds true in three grisaille panels.

  Academic text (2000)

• So here we go back to my grisaille mural for a Neel Reid house.

  Blog text (26)

• This is an overhead view of the Neel Reid house where I painted the grisaille mural.

  Blog text (26)

• A grisaille figure of Silence greeted visitors at the base of the stairwell with a finger to her lips, reminding them that they were entering hallowed civic space.

  Academic text (2004)

• Reproductions are not necessarily reliable, especially since the original is a grisaille (or monochrome); in the original, the pupils are definitely visible, only partly obscured by the protuberances that grow out of them.

  Academic text (2007)

• Though the manuscript was offered to Philip the Good in 1460, the grisaille miniature must have been inspired by the one painted by the Boucicaut Master in Pierre Salmon's manuscript some fifty years earlier.

  Academic text (2001)

• In mounting to the highest level of a staircase illuminated by skylights in the ceiling, visitors were required first to pass through the shadowy spaces of the ground floor, decorated with scenes in grisaille, before reaching the upper landing flooded with natural light.

  Academic text (2004)

• The artist created a stunning mural entirely in grisaille, showcasing various shades of grey.

Synonyms

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camaieu

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• Specialized

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A design or picture made using different shades of one color

focuses specifically on grey or neutral tones and often imitates relief sculpture

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Etymology