10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRISAILLE»
Discover the use of
grisaille in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
grisaille and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Trompe L'Oeil
Grisaille, Architecture & Drapery
All Trompe L'oeil painting uses light and shadow to create illusory forms and surfaces. This how-to manual introduces the techniques of painting with monochrome washes, a key element of Trompe L'oeil painting.
Ursula E. Benad, Martin Benad, 2006
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art
1440–60) shows grisaille figures at the centre of the panel, flanked by
monochrome saints presented in a sculptural manner and small grisaille-
coloured statuettes in frames, the degree of life in the figures rising in inverse
proportion to the use ...
3
The Oxford History of Western Art
While aesthetic considerations probably determined the choice of grisaille in both
these locations, where a high proportion of dark Purbeck marble contrasts with
lighter stone, elsewhere grisaille could be preferred for reasons of economy, ...
4
Text and Visuality: Word & Image Interactions 3
5 Kriinitz, Johann Georg. Oekonomisch-technologische Encyklopddie oder
allgemeines System der Staats- Stadt- Haus und Land-Wirthschaft, und der Kunst
-Geschichte. Vol 20, second ed. Berlin: Joachim Pauli, 1789, 101 (s.v. Grisaille)
and ...
5
Flemish Manuscript Painting in Context: Recent Research
2.3).10 Although on parchment, this Saint-Bertin codex of around 1405 is typical
of the grisaille and semigrisaille manuscripts that followed the conventions of
cheaper books by deploying flourished initials, without gold, and omitting borders
.
Elizabeth Morrison, Thomas Kren, 2007
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Memory, Metaphor, and Aby Warburg's Atlas of Images
signify something like an inner utopia.”77 In the so-called Grisaille notebook kept
in 1928–29, Warburg plainly states: “Erschaffung des Grisaille-Menschen als Akt
der künstlerischen Sophrosyne” (Creation of the grisaille-human as act of ...
Christopher D. Johnson, 2012
7
Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum ...
Medallion. Painted glass, in grisaille and yellow stain. A card party. German.
About 1580. Diam. llg in. Bought (Soulages coll.), SI. 14s. 5643.-59. Medallion.
Painted glass, in grisaille and yellow stain. Mordecai before King Ahasuerus.
Flemish.
South Kensington Museum Art Division, 1868
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Inventory of the objects forming the art collections of the ...
CIRCULAR MEDALLION, painted in grisaille and yellow stain. The Virgin, as the
Queen ol Heaven, standing upon a crescent, bears the infant Christ in her arms—
Flemish orGerman. Circa 1500- 20. Diam. 9)4 in. (1237) W.10s. 1988.
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A Wider Trecento: Studies in 13th- and 14th-Century European ...
monochromatic representation of the Annunciation above (here the two donors to
either side of the grisaille saints and the scroll-bearing prophets and sibyls above
the Annunciation are polychromed; Fig 17)40 Winged altarpieces of this type ...
10
The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture
Colum Hourihane. Grisaille. Miniature ofthe Nativity, grisaille on vellum, a leaf
from the Morgan–Mâcon Hours, 116 × 157 mm, from Bruges, 15th. century (Paris,
Musée Marmottan). Photo credit: Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRISAILLE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
grisaille is used in the context of the following news items.
New York Furniture Forum
... the shadows of the Hardenbergh bedroom along with a well-known New York schrank with painted grisaille decoration in the Dutch manner. «Maine Antique Digest, Jul 15»
Nouvelle vague de chaleur cette semaine : toutes les prévisions météo
MARDI, grisaille au nord, soleil au sud ! S'ils seront moins denses que lundi, les nuages seront présents dans le nord, avec même quelques ... «TF1, Jul 15»
Review: 'Anthems for the Mother Earth Goddess'
Brian Adam Douglas's “The Rain Dogs” is a grisaille, Social Realist-style painting of people piled up in a small boat, with rooftops slightly above ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
How to Render the International Criminal Court in Art
... Gerhard Richter's “Portraits of War Criminals,” and the historical Grisaille paintings. I revisited the source images used for the initial paintings, ... «The Atlantic, Jul 15»
Grounds for Sculpture opens summer shows
She meticulously paints in grisaille, tones of just black, grey and white, to achieve the meticulous look of a black-and-white photograph. As Gilje ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»
Pride of Place
Maybe the show will include Ingres's Odalisque in Grisaille, the subject of Marshall's recent contribution to “The Artist Project,” the Met's online ... «Artforum, Jun 15»
Tailoring Makes the Man at Givenchy, Berluti, Dior Homme, Hermès …
... elaborate kimonos that, once removed, revealed highly formal suits pieced or quilted with stylized scenes from Japanese grisaille landscape. «New York Times, Jun 15»
Work of renowned British architect goes on show in Russia
... shown in the luxurious imperial interior of the Nikolaevsky Hall with marble wall and grisaille ceiling created by Vasily Stasov in the 1850s. «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jun 15»
Below the surface
When she begins to paint in the studio, she starts in a very traditional way by making a monochrome underpainting, or grisaille, but always ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jun 15»
Review: 'Sarah Charlesworth: Doubleworld' Studies Perceptions …
The space is lined with grainy grisaille images, gelatin silver prints about the size of large doors or windows. It takes a moment to start seeing ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
