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2. Lining of paintings - Wikipedia

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   The lining of paintings is a process of conservation science and art restoration used to strengthen, flatten or consolidate oil or tempera paintings on canvas by attaching a new support to the back of the existing one. The process is sometimes referred to as relining. Most often a new support will be added directly to the back of an existing ...

3. Encaustic painting - Wikipedia

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   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. The simplest encaustic medium could be made by adding pigments to wax, though ...

4. Conservation and restoration of paintings - Wikipedia

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   Oil paintings. Oil paint is a medium made up of pigments and a drying oil binding agent. Various other ingredients can be mixed in to condition the paint in several ways and modify its various properties and drying. Oil paintings are painted on various surface support types. Oil on canvas, oil on board, and oil on metal are only some examples ...

5. Shellac - Wikipedia

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   Shellac. For the rock band, see Shellac (band). Shellac ( / ʃəˈlæk /) [1] is a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. Chemically, it is mainly composed of aleuritic acid, jalaric acid, shellolic acid, and other natural waxes. [2]

6. Camel (in Rhythmic Landscape with Trees) - Wikipedia

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   Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 48 cm × 42 cm (19 in × 17 in) Location. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Camel (in Rhythmic Landscape with Trees) (German: Kamel (in rhythmischer baumlandschaft)) is a painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee, made in 1920, in the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf, Germany. [1]

7. Oil painting - Wikipedia

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   Oil painting. Mona Lisa was created by Leonardo da Vinci using oil paints during the Renaissance period in the 15th century. Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on canvas, wood panel or copper ...