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GRISAILLE

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 607 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GRA-GUI
GRISAILLE , a French
term
 , derived from gris, grey, for painting in monochrome in various shades of grey, particularly used in decoration to represent objects in relief. The frescoes of the roof 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 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
 .


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