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GRISAILLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 607 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRISAILLE , a See also:

French See also:term, derived from gris, See also:grey, for See also:painting in monochrome in various shades of grey, particularly used in decoration to represent See also:objects in See also:relief. The frescoes of the roof of the Sistine See also:chapel have portions of the See also:design in grisaille. At See also:Hampton See also:Court the See also:lower See also:part of the decoration of the See also:great See also:staircase by Verrio is in grisaille. The term is also applied to monochrome painting in enamels, and also to stained See also:glass; a See also:fine example of grisaille glass is'in the window known as the Five Sisters, at the end of the See also:north See also:transept in See also:York See also:cathedral.

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