Examples of grisaille in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In fact, to render Black skin tones, Sherald uses grisaille, a method of using gray monochromes, historically used to render or imitate sculpture. — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 The technique was popular during the 1880s, and grisaille paintings were often featured in illustrated editions of the author’s works. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2020 The tonality is gray, or grisaille, because this is the underpainting, in the old-master technique, that Elizabeth learned at art school. — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2018 In 1921, Elizabeth Keith, a Scotswoman who was one of the very rare westerners to visit Japanese-occupied Korea, made a woodblock print of the gorge, whose rich greens and blues sharply contrast with the Korean grisailles. — Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2018 Sherald uses grisaille — a method of painting in gray monochrome — for her subjects’ skin. — Dushko Petrovich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018

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