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2. Encaustic painting - Wikipedia

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   A 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt. Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added. The molten mix is applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are sometimes used.

3. Conservation and restoration of paintings - Wikipedia

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   A completed painting is then finished by taking a source of heat to reheat the surface and fuse it together. Encaustic paintings do not require a varnish, are resistant to moisture, and do not yellow. Mummy portrait of a girl, AD 120–150, Roman Egypt, wax encaustic painting on sycamore wood, Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main (14304151412)

4. These Encaustic Paints Are the Bee’s Knees - AOL

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   Getting tired of your same old acrylic or oil paints? Make like the ancient Greeks and Romans and give encaustic paints a try. In this method, which dates back more than 2,000 years, a pigmented ...

5. Benjamin Calau - Wikipedia

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   Portrait of Johann Benjamin Michaelis by Benjamin Calau, Gleimhaus, 1770. Calau was born at Friedrichstadt in Holstein in 1724, [2] son of the painter Christoph Calau. He trained under his father, and in 1743 followed him to St Petersburg, returning to Germany in 1746. [3] He moved to Leipzig in 1752, and was appointed court painter there four ...

6. Tempera - Wikipedia

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   Tempera. Tempera ( Italian: [ˈtɛmpera] ), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. Tempera also refers to the paintings done in this medium. Tempera paintings are very long-lasting, and examples from the ...

7. Ancient Greek art - Wikipedia

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   The art of ancient Greece is usually divided stylistically into four periods: the Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The Geometric age is usually dated from about 1000 BC, although in reality little is known about art in Greece during the preceding 200 years, traditionally known as the Greek Dark Ages.