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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin