Tempera

The portraits outside of the mummy wrappings in the second century were done with wax and resins and are excellent works of art.

The primitive Italians were past masters at the art of making tempera medium, as evidenced by their paintings still in existence, a large number of which are in absolutely perfect condition.

Tempera medium, generally speaking, is a mixture of either the whole egg, or, more correctly speaking, the white of the egg, and a small quantity of drying oil and water.

When the white of the egg is beaten up with linseed oil or poppy oil, it forms a very weak emulsion or soap from a chemical standpoint.

This is really nothing more or less than a solution of flexible adhesive or glue.

Tempera medium is also made from casein, which is an adhesive element held in solution in milk.

This is separated from the milk chemically and dried, dissolved in weak ammonia water and mixed with linseed oil.

In other words, tempera medium is a watercolour medium to which a little drying oil or other adhesive has been added.

It's therefore my opinion that many of the decorations made by the Egyptians were made without any binder other than the lime naturally found in the soil, and in a few cases the glue was used.

i also judge from the nature of the implements used that the pigments were rubbed into the surface and they in time became part of the surface i do not refer to the splendid decorative work on the wooden sarcophagi when i say little or no binder was used for in these coffins and on the outside of the linen wrappings there are some really wonderful decorative paintings in which binders were used the portraits outside of the mummy wrappings in the second century were done with wax and resins and are excellent works of art The primitive Italians were past masters at the art of making tempera medium, as evidenced by their paintings still in existence, a large number of which are in absolutely perfect condition.

Tempera medium, generally speaking, is a mixture of either the whole egg, or, more correctly speaking, the white of the egg, and a small quantity of drying oil and water.

When the white of the egg is beaten up with linseed oil or poppy oil, it forms a very weak emulsion or soap from a chemical standpoint.

This is really nothing more or less than a solution of flexible adhesive or glue.

Tempera medium is also made from casein, which is an adhesive element held in solution in milk.

This is separated from the milk chemically and dried, dissolved in weak ammonia water and mixed with linseed oil.

In other words, tempera medium is a watercolour medium to which a little drying oil or other adhesive has been added.

Section 7 of How to Paint Permanent Pictures by Maximilian Totsch This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

tempera colours.

Tempera colours, or tempera painting, existed long before oil colours were known, and tempera medium was used 5,000 years ago by the Egyptians in their painting.

Egyptian coffins and sarcophagi were painted with both glue size and egg tempera.

It's well known that the Egyptians manufactured very excellent grades of glue, either by boiling parchment or bones, and hides of animals.

The portraits outside of the mummy wrappings in the second century were done with wax and resins, and are excellent works of art.

The primitive Italians were past masters at the art of making tempera medium, as evidenced by their paintings still in existence, a large number of which are in absolutely perfect condition.

Tempera medium, generally speaking, is a mixture of either the whole egg or, more correctly speaking, the white of the egg, and a small quantity of drying oil and water.

Section 7 of How to Paint Permanent Pictures by Maximilian Totsch This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

tempera colours.

Tempera colours, or tempera painting, existed long before oil colours were known, and tempera medium was used 5,000 years ago by the Egyptians in their painting.

Egyptian coffins and sarcophagi were painted with both glue size and egg tempera.

It's well known that the Egyptians manufactured very excellent grades of glue, either by boiling parchment or bones, and hides of animals.

The portraits outside of the mummy wrappings in the second century were done with wax and resins, and are excellent works of art.

The primitive Italians were past masters at the art of making tempera medium, as evidenced by their paintings still in existence, a large number of which are in absolutely perfect condition.

Tempera medium, generally speaking, is a mixture of either the whole egg or, more correctly speaking, the white of the egg, and a small quantity of drying oil and water.

Section 7 of How to Paint Permanent Pictures by Maximilian Totsch This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

tempera colours.

Tempera colours, or tempera painting, existed long before oil colours were known, and tempera medium was used 5,000 years ago by the Egyptians in their painting.

Egyptian coffins and sarcophagi were painted with both glue size and egg tempera.

It's well known that the Egyptians manufactured very excellent grades of glue, either by boiling parchment or bones, and hides of animals.

The portraits outside of the mummy wrappings in the second century were done with wax and resins and are excellent works of art.

The primitive Italians were past masters at the art of making tempera medium, as evidenced by their paintings still in existence, a large number of which are in absolutely perfect condition.

Tempera medium, generally speaking, is a mixture of either the whole egg, or, more correctly speaking, the white of the egg, and a small quantity of drying oil and water.

Section 7 of How to Paint Permanent Pictures by Maximilian Totsch This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

tempera colours.

Tempera colours, or tempera painting, existed long before oil colours were known, and tempera medium was used 5,000 years ago by the Egyptians in their painting.

Egyptian coffins and sarcophagi were painted with both glue size and egg tempera.

It's well known that the Egyptians manufactured very excellent grades of glue, either by boiling parchment or bones, and hides of animals.

The portraits outside of the mummy wrappings in the second century were done with wax and resins and are excellent works of art.

The primitive Italians were past masters at the art of making tempera medium, as evidenced by their paintings still in existence, a large number of which are in absolutely perfect condition.

Tempera medium, generally speaking, is a mixture of either the whole egg, or, more correctly speaking, the white of the egg, and a small quantity of drying oil and water.