After tempera and oil paint took over the art market, encaustic painting became obscure and almost went extinct. However, the 20th-century experiments and reinventions brought this art technique back.

They found that all three paintings were made using egg tempera and oil paint. They also all featured two coats of gesso as a base. In other words, the church’s painting was a match. Doubts ...

As the recent Siena exhibition in New York so beautifully demonstrated, these artists helped redefine Western painting for centuries ... and fluidity — in egg tempera and gold in 1310-1311.

Now I'm going to put some blue paint in my palette. You can use any colour though this is going to be much moreabstract than our landscape painting. And I'm going to use a small brushto dab the ...

As the recent Siena exhibition in New York so beautifully demonstrated, these artists helped redefine Western painting for centuries ... and fluidity — in egg tempera and gold in 1310-1311.