Etienne Borgers writes:
<< Citing Burnt Orange Heresy, and remembering
its
"artistic" background and setting, we have to
remember
that "grisaille" is also a word that qualifies a
drawing (even a painting)in monochrome, wherein
the
selected color is gray (or sometimes dark yellow)
and
the drawing exclusively made from different shades
of
this same color.
>>
I take this meaning to be at the top of what the word
imparts, what I meant by: "It has a local artistic context
(Figueras the narrator is an art critic)..." Doug
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