亚洲网紅露点

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grisaille

[ gri-zahy, -zeyl; French gree-zah-yuh ]

noun

plural grisailles
  1. monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
  2. a work of art, as a painting or stained-glass window, executed in grisaille.


grisaille

/ 伞riz蓱j; 伞r瑟藞ze瑟l /

noun

  1. a technique of monochrome painting in shades of grey, as in an oil painting or a wall decoration, imitating the effect of relief
  2. a painting, stained glass window, etc, in this manner
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of grisaille1

1840鈥50; < French: painted in gray monotone, equivalent to gris gray + -aille noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of grisaille1

C19: from French, from gris grey
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A planned exhibition of his grisaille paintings at the Whitney Museum of American Art had to be canceled.

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Bellow, however, could still stop for a sauvignon blanc and a plate of charcuterie when the 鈥淧arisian grisaille鈥 鈥 that depthless monochrome that can envelop even the Eiffel Tower 鈥 gave him the January blues.

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This much was evident in the largely grisaille efforts in her 2016 show at Marian Goodman, where a new softness of line prevailed.

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She painted images clipped from magazines in slightly fogged-in grisaille, as if suffused with tragedy.

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In 1938, she painted the intriguing grisaille oil 鈥淪targazing in Texas.鈥

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