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Grisaille
Grisaille (Fr. gris, grey) is a term for painting
executed entirely in monochrome, in various shades of grey, particularly
used in decoration to represent objects in relief.
A grisaille could not only be executed for its
own sake as a decoration, it may also be the first stage in building
up an oil painting, or it could be used as a model for an engraver
to work from.
For example, the ceiling frescoes of the Sistine
chapel have portions of the design in grisaille. At Hampton Court
the lower part of the decoration of the great staircase by Antonio
Verrio is in grisaille.
The term is also applied to monochrome painting
in enamels, and also to stained glass; a fine example of grisaille
glass is in the window known as the Five Sisters, at the end of
the north transept in York cathedral.
The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes
that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the
world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even
draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend
to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces
can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from
the existing paintings.
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