2006-07-12 01:50:14 · 3 answers · asked by kcbrown1979 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Madonna in Glory
c. 1311
Tempera on panel
128 x 90 1/2 in. (325 x 204 cm)
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
2006-07-12 01:52:46 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, this particular painting is tempra on wooden panel. Here's a brief explaination of what tempra is.
A paint and process involving an emulsion of oil and water. It was in use before the invention of oil paints. Traditionally it involves an egg emulsion; thus the term egg tempera. The pigments or colors are mixed with an emulsion of egg yolks (removed from their sacs) or of size, rather than oil, and can be thinned and solved with water. Also known as egg tempera and temper. A varnish for tempera paints, called glair may be prepared by mixing egg whites with a little water, then beating them, and applying once the bubbles are gone.
Because some of its ingredients are organic, tempera may spoil, and get very smelly. Claims have been made that when any one of the following substances are added, it reverses the growth of bacteria in tempera: benzoate of soda, bath salts, table salt, soap or cleanser such as 409, alcohol or bleach (one capful per gallon of tempera).
2006-07-12 18:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is.
2006-07-14 13:38:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋