Tempera is a painting medium that has been used to decorate everything from early Egyptian sarcophagi to India’s rock-cut temples. The medium was particularly popular with medieval and early ...

Art historians have known for some time that Old Masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli mixed egg yolks into their oil paints. Now, scientists may have discovered the reason why. An ...

The Artists Hand Gallery and Espresso Bar invites the community to learn about one of world’s oldest form of painting. Beth Wheeler will lead an egg tempera painting workshop between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

PAPERS. The paragone between oil and tempera painting in the 19th and 20th centuries / Matthias Krüger ; The tempera revival 1800-1950: historical background, methods of investigation and the question ...

Walk through any major art museum’s historical galleries and you’ll likely encounter paintings created with egg tempera, particularly among Christian icons and medieval masterpieces. This ancient ...

Pigments and organic binding media are the two principle components of paint. Whereas pigments impart color to paint, it is the role of the organic binding media to bind together the grains of pigment ...