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Tempera   Listen
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Tempera  n.  (Paint.) A mode or process of painting; distemper. Note: The term is applied especially to early Italian painting, common vehicles of which were yolk of egg, yolk and white of egg mixed together, the white juice of the fig tree, and the like.






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"Tempera" Quotes from Famous Books



... the best hotels on the continent. Nothing can exceed it for comfort and good cookery. The gallery of old masters contains some great gems. Especially remarkable are two pictures of Tobias and the angel, by Antonio Pollaiuolo and Sandro Botticelli; and a magnificent tempera painting of the Crucifixion, by Gaudenzio Ferrari—one of his very finest works. There are also several other pictures by the same master, but the Crucifixion ...
— Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino • Samuel Butler



Words linked to "Tempera" :   poster paint, water-base paint, poster color



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