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  2. Encaustic painting - Wikipedia

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    The wax encaustic painting technique was described by the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder in his Natural History from the 1st Century AD. The oldest surviving encaustic panel paintings are the Romano-Egyptian Fayum mummy portraits from Egypt , around 100–300 AD, [6] but it was a very common technique in ancient Greek and Roman painting.

  3. Fayum mummy portraits - Wikipedia

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    Two painting techniques were employed: encaustic (wax) painting and animal glue tempera. The encaustic images are striking because of the contrast between vivid and rich colours, and comparatively large brush-strokes, producing an " Impressionistic " effect.

  4. Christ Pantocrator (Sinai) - Wikipedia

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    The original encaustic surface has continually been preserved in excellent condition overall. [14] As with many of the early icons from Sinai, the Christ Pantocrator was created by using the technique, known as encaustic—a medium using hot wax paint—that was rarely used in the Byzantine world after the iconoclastic controversies of the ...

  5. List of art techniques - Wikipedia

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    A. Aerial perspective by Frans Koppelaar, Landscape near Bologna, 2001; distant objects are lighter, of lower contrast, and bluer than nearer objects. Airbrushing technique. Aerial perspective technique. Acrylic painting techniques. Aging (artwork) technique. Aquatint. Assemblage (art) technique. Animation (digital art)

  6. Tempera - Wikipedia

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    The art technique was known from the classical world, where it appears to have taken over from encaustic painting [citation needed] and was the main medium used for panel painting and illuminated manuscripts in the Byzantine world and Medieval and Early Renaissance Europe. Tempera painting was the primary panel painting medium for nearly every ...

  7. Painting - Wikipedia

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    Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" [1] or "support"). [2] The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, may be used.

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