Description: Discover, learn and practice the Medieval art of egg tempera painting - history, artists, techniques and student work.
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Icons are to art as heaven is to earth. ≈ Cimabue
E gg tempera – the pre-eminent technique of painting from the fall of Byzantium until the Renaissance – is alive and well in the 21st century.
From the golden, candle-lit icons of Medieval cathedrals to the graceful masterworks of Botticelli to the panels of Andrew Wyeth and beyond, egg tempera has always brought a spiritual dimension to works of pigment, egg and wood.