GRISAILLE

grĭzīˈ, –zālˈ, Fr. grēzäˈyə, a monochrome painting and drawing technique executed in tones of gray. Such works were often produced in the Renaissance to simulate sculpture, as in Uccello's equestrian portrait of Sir John Hawkswood (Cathedral of Florence). Painters of stained glass frequently used grisaille. In the 17th cent. grisaille was prized for interior decoration.

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books on: Grisaille  - 285 results

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Stained Glass of the Middle Ages in England and France
Book by Lawrence B. Saint, Hugh Arnold; A. & C. Black, 1925
Subjects: Art, Medieval, Glass Painting And Staining--England, Glass Painting And Staining--France
...OTHER THIRTEENTH CENTURY WINDOWS. EARLY GRISAILLE 109 8. THE...189 26. Grisaille pattern and boss from Plate 25...in the glass itself. Except in the grisaille windows to be described later, in which...
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The Youth of Michelangelo
Book by Charles De Tolnay; Princeton University Press, 1943
Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti--1475-1564
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Hieronymus Bosch
Book by Ludwig von Baldass; H. N. Abrams, 1960
...in the subjects of four medallions in grisaille. These occupy the backs of two wing...of Ludwig Munz has proved that the grisaille outer faces of the wings at any rate...executed for a church, as is proved by the grisaille painting of the outer faces of the wings...
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A History of English Art in the Middle Ages
Book by O. Elfrida Saunders; The Clarendon Press, 1932
Subjects: Art, Medieval, Art--England
...in stained glass, the wonders of Fairford and Kings College Chapel, Cambridge; in painting, the legendary subjects in grisaille on the walls of Eton College Chapel, may be quoted at random as bearing out the claim I have here made. But on the whole...
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Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character - Vol. 1
Book by Erwin Panofsky; Harper & Row, 1971
Subjects: Painting, Dutch, Painting--Netherlands--History
...all linear contours except for such details as facial features, hands and hair. It was no accident that he favored a semi-grisaille technique reserving color for backgrounds, architectural scenery and human flesh. But even more remarkable is the fact that...
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journal articles on: Grisaille  - 45 results

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Add Film to Rhetoric
Journal article by Ruth Perlmutter; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 3, 1975
Subjects: Linguistics, Poetry, Universe
...themselves and their rags Shucks . . . lavender moonlight falls The buildings pose in the sky And, as you paint, the clouds. Grisaille, impearled, profound. Pfft . . . In the way you speak You arrange, the thing is posed. What in nature merely grows. Tomorrow...
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God in the Details: Bosch and Judgment(S)
Journal article by Larry Silver; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001
Subjects: Art criticism, Bosch, Hieronymus (1450-1516), God, Morality, Visual artists
...culminate in the Crucifixion.52 In this grisaille world the darker background gradually...is already set up by the (traditional) grisaille exterior (Fig. 15). A tiny and distant...the original giant flora of both the grisaille exterior and the distant background of...
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Bruegel: The Complete Paintings, Drawings and Prints
Journal article by Ethan Matt Kavaler; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Bruegel: The Complete Paintings, Drawings and Prints (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...accepted as one of Bruegels authentic works. And the very late grisaille of the Three Soldiers in the Frick Collection in New York...and the Peasant Couple Attacked by Robbers. The former, a grisaille in the Lugt Collection in Paris, was frequently copied by...
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La Dechirure De L'espace: Desirada De Maryse Conde
Journal article by Jean Norgaisse; The Romanic Review, Vol. 94, 2003
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Desirada (Book)--Book reviews
...bleu metallique, les harmonies de lete indien. Cette grisaille autour delle lui mettait le cour a pleurer. (p. 237...bienfaisant le brouillard qui embrouillait la vision" et "Cette grisaille autour delle lui mettait le cour a pleurer" suggerent quelle...
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Giotto's Circumspection
Journal article by Eva Frojmovic; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007
Subjects: Art history, Giotto di Bondone (1276-1337), Studies, Visual artists
...medallions that enclose two half figures, painted in the same grisaille or fauxmarble manner as the Virtues and Vices, so as to look...not necessarily reliable, especially since the original is a grisaille (or monochrome); in the original, the pupils are definitely...
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magazine articles on: Grisaille  - 53 results

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Gerry Bergstein
Magazine article by Francine Koslow Miller; Artforum International, Vol. 40, Summer 2002
Subjects: Bergstein, Gerry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Painting, Modern--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Gerry Bergstein by Francine Koslow Miller HOWARD YEZERSKI GALLERY The trompe loeil self-portraits and grisaille "mound" paintings in Gerry Bergsteins recent show testify to his growing understanding of the complicated, cathartic...
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William Willis
Magazine article by David Frankel; Artforum International, Vol. 40, October 2001
Subjects: Painting, Modern--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Willis, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Frankel HOWARD SCOTT GALLERY The image that immediately caught my eye in William Williss show was a painting in a near-grisaille palette. Subtle and small--only eight and a half by nine and a half inches--it shows a group of overlapping planes, generally...
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Pop and Circumstance
Magazine article by J. Hoberman; The Nation, Vol. 279, December 13, 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon (Book)--Book reviews
...the United Nations. New blue drapes appeared to conceal the grisaille tapestry hung in the corridor outside the Security Council...the war ended, he executed a second "Guernica," the large grisaille Charnel House; in January 1951 he would produce a third one...
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Weimin Huang
Magazine article by Donald Kuspit; Artforum International, Vol. 39, November 2000
Subjects: Huang, Weimin--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Painting, Abstract--Exhibitions
...subtly luminous vertical lines, of various lengths and widths but all more or less narrow and self-contained, suspended in a grisaille field. The lines sometimes extend to but never quite reach the edges of the canvas, and broad bands of gray space bracket...
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Flaming Optimist
Magazine article by George Walden; New Statesman, Vol. 126, May 30, 1997
Subjects: Baudrillard, Jean--Attitudes, France--Politics and government, Nationalism--United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Politics and government
...meaninglessness? Try again The French are in the dumps. Ask them about politics and they say its about "managing greyness" ("gerer la grisaille"). Ask what French novels you should be reading and they say "dont bother". In a depressed society we would expect to hear...
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newspaper articles on: Grisaille  - 11 results

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Hirshhorn Gives a Close-Up of Artist's 'Heads': Immense Photolike Images Emerge from Acrylic Grids
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, October 18, 1998
...Joanna Shaw-Eagle New York artist Chuck Close painted his first self-portrait in 1967. An enormous image done in severe grisaille (black, gray and white), it had what Mr. Close humorously calls "lots of attitude." With his head thrown back, the artist...
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Homelines
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 10, 2006
...call 0870 900 9555. A touch of sepia LUXURY paints and beautifully printed wallpapers are Farrow Balls forte, and their new Grisaille Papers range is no exception. The collection offers 24 sepia designs. The papers have a traditional feel, reminiscent of the...
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FALLON CAN CAL SHOTS; Garry Owen Gives Punters a Ripon Warning and Takes Goldie to Land Anoth er Perth Jumping Winner with Master Hyde
Newspaper article by Garry Owen; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 22, 1998
...they will go a decent clip as she likes to arrive late on the scene off a strong pace. Miss Cody (2.00) finished behind En Grisaille at Catterick but never really recovered from a tardy start. Tim Easterby doesnt send many down to Sandown and with Fallon...
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The Glove That Changed Guernica; in 1937, the Blitzing of a Spanish Town Prompted Picasso to Begin Work on a Vast Painting - but One Poignant Item, Retrieved from the Bombsite, Gave His Masterpiece Its Final Form
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 8, 2009
...original painting, not even a painted replica, but a tapestry in a warmer, softer tone of ecru and beige in place of the harsh grisaille of Picassos canvas. It is a spiritless thing, made by the hands of others 18 years after the event; we are primarily aware...
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A Masterpiece to Cry For
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 11, 2008
Subjects: Musicians
...It is in Karlsruhe that we seethe four exquisite figures in grisaille that Grunewald painted for DurersHeller Altarpiece and a second...biography. He foundevidence that Gr?ewald painted four figures in grisaille, simulating sculpture,for D?ers now destroyed Heller Altarpiece...
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encyclopedia articles on: Grisaille  - 4 results

 
 
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Grisaille
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GRISAILLE grizi , zal , Fr. greza y , a monochrome painting and drawing technique executed in tones of gray...equestrian portrait of Sir John Hawkswood (Cathedral of Florence). Painters of stained glass frequently used grisaille. In the 17th cent. grisaille was prized for interior decoration. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press...
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Richter, Gerhard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...out-of-focus yet recognizable blurs; realistic portrayals of chairs, mirrors, skulls, burning candles, and other favorite objects; grisaille portraits of cultural heroes and other subjects; depictions of color charts in seemingly random order; slashing gestural abstractions...
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Stained Glass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...medallion compositions were replaced by a single figure framed in canopied shrines. Many windows showed clear areas designed in grisaille . See also rose window . Later Stained Glass In the 15th cent. glass artists achieved a silvery tone by the use of...
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Illumination , in Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Pucelle . Gold fields were replaced by colored and landscape backgrounds, although colors were sometimes abandoned for grisaille , as in the Hours of Jeanne dEvreux (c.1325; Metropolitan Mus.) by Jean Pucelle. Greater realism and a wealth of ornament...


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