Grisaille

Japanese: grisaille
Grisaille

...Camaille also refers to the process of painting the main shape of an object in a single shade of light as a pre-treatment for painting with layers of translucent colors in traditional oil painting. Camayle painted only in shades of white, black, and gray is called grisaille, brown shades are called cirage, and green shades are called verdaille. All of these words are derived from the French words gris (gray), cire (beeswax), and vert (green)....

From [Sketch]

…Drawings of traditional images, details of themes, and compositional types were passed on to workshops and used as models for production. In addition to these, there are other types such as grisaille (French), which is drawn using only shades of black and gray, i.e., monochrome chiaroscuro, and camaiille, which uses only shades of a single color, not limited to gray, to create illusionistic expressions. However, even if they are monochromatic, they are intended as independent works and cannot strictly be called sketches. Pen drawings, stylus drawings, pencil washes, etc., which were originally intended as independent works, cannot be called sketches, even if they are monochromatic and made using materials for drawing. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "grisaille" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また伝統的な油彩画の制作工程で半透明色を重ねて彩色する前処理としておもなものの形を単色の明暗で描くこともカマイユという。カマイユのうち白・黒・灰色の階調だけで描いたものをグリザイユgrisaille,褐色の階調のものをシラージュcirage,緑色調のものをベルダイユverdailleという。いずれもフランス語のgris(灰色),cire(蜜蠟),vert(緑)から派生した言葉である。…

【素描】より

…伝統的な図像や,主題のディテールや構成の類型を描いた素描で,工房に伝えられ,制作の範例とされた。 これらのほか,黒灰の濃淡,すなわち灰色系のモノクロームによる明暗法のみによって描くグリザイユgrisaille(フランス語),灰色にかぎらず,単色の濃淡のみでイリュージョンスティックな表現を行うカマイユなどがあるが,それらは単彩であっても独立作品として意図されたもので,厳密には素描とは呼びがたい。ペン画,鉄筆画,鉛筆淡彩画などでも,発想の当初から独立した作品として意図されたものは,素描の素材を用いた単彩であっても,素描とは呼びがたい。…

※「grisaille」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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