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Grisaille

noun
1.
Chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief.





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... examples to prove this point. Some years ago an eminent collector gave the price of 30 pounds for a small French book of Hours, painted in grisaille. It was in a country town that he met with this treasure, for a treasure he considered the book, in spite of its being of the very latest school of illumination. When his collection was dispersed a few years ago this one book fetched ...
— The Library • Andrew Lang


Words linked to "Grisaille" :   chiaroscuro


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