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Definition of Grisailles
1. grisaille [n] - See also: grisaille
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grisailles
Literary usage of Grisailles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley (1909)
"... Netherlandish MSS. at Vienna—Gerard David and the Grimani Breviary—British
Museum— " Romance of the Rose"—" Isabella" Breviary—grisailles. ..."
2. The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre by Meredith P. Lillich (1998)
"The grisailles of the Clerestory But first, the grisailles in the clerestories
may also provide evidence for dating. The several patterns of painted ..."
3. Van Dyck, His Original Etchings and His Iconography by Arthur Mayger Hind (1915)
"In his book on Van Dyck, Mr. Lionel Cost classes the oil grisailles as the works
of assistants based on Van Dyck's sketches or larger paintings. ..."
4. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams (1905)
"In the latter case, the grisailles are reserved for the side windows which ...
These lateral grisailles are still opaque enough to prevent the solar rays ..."
5. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"... Achille de Harlay and the Duc de Guise (1854) ; grisailles in Salles 4, 7, 8,
... Truth exposing Fraud, and six grisailles : City of Paris, Agriculture, ..."
6. A Short History of Engraving & Etching, for the Use of Collectors and by Arthur Mayger Hind (1908)
"8 Some excellent examples of those in chalk are in the collection of the Duke of
Devonshire, Chatsworth. Many of the grisailles (of which there is a ..."
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