Associations to the word «Grisaille»

Wiktionary

GRISAILLE, noun. (arts) In painting, a method of working which employs only varying values of gray to create form. Often a preliminary step in a fully colored painting.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope