Egg tempera

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1. A painting medium in which pigment is mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size or egg yolk. Also called poster color, poster paint.

2. Painting done in this medium.

[Italian, from temperare, to mingle, from Latin temperre; see temper.]

tempera [ˈtɛmpərə]

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a painting medium for powdered pigments, consisting usually of egg yolk and water

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms)

a. any emulsion used as a painting medium, with casein, glue, wax, etc., as a base

b. the paint made from mixing this with pigment

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the technique of painting with tempera

[from Italian phrase pingere a tempera painting in tempera, from temperare to mingle; see temper]

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tempera - pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

poster color, poster colour, poster paint

water-base paint - paint in which water is used as the vehicle

Translations

tempera [ˈtempərə] N → pintura f al temple

tempera

n → Temperafarbe f; to paint in tempera → in Tempera malen

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It happens that Roger Preston had produced a body of work that was religious in content and was interested in egg tempera technique," Russell said.

Exhibit forges community links by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

Connecticut) presents this chronicle in paintings and text of the prolific career of Robert Vickrey, whose works in egg tempera have appeared in supermarkets as TIME magazine covers, at the Metropolitan Museum of art, and, in earlier years, in nine Whitney Annual exhibitions.

Robert Vickery; the magic of realism by Reference & Research Book News

In 1944, Tooker met Paul Cadmus, who also worked with egg tempera and who transmitted his expertise to Tooker.

Art and social criticism by Langer, Cassandra / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

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