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Simple painting of god of love that is universal |
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Mar 5 2005 The Times - Cryptic |
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A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours |
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Camaïeu (also called en camaïeu) is a technique that employs two or three tints of a single color, other than gray, to create a monochromatic image without regard to local or realistic color. When a picture is monochromatically rendered in gray, it is called grisaille; when in yellow, cirage.[1]The term is also applied to monochrome painting in enamels. This technique uses a buildup of white enamel to create highlights and light areas. However, instead of using a black background, as in grisaille, transparent enamel is laid in first, beneath the whites. This technique is frequently used on snuffboxes, watches and medallions. * Camaïeu can also refer, following the French usage, to chiaroscuro woodcut prints that imitate highlighted drawing on tinted paper. However, the correct term in English for these is chiaroscuro woodcuts. * This French word once was synonymous with cameo, but its meaning became restricted in the early eighteenth century.[2]Camaïeu is also a registered trademark of a m |