Encaustic painting, an age-old art form, combines beeswax, resin and pigment to create luminous, textured artworks. This ...

A richly extensive retrospective, “On Conformity” comprises 175 items: paintings, prints, photographs, posters, vintage ...

Pietro Lorenzetti, Italian, active Siena 1320-1344, Tarlati altarpiece, also known as the Pieve altarpiece, circa 1320. Tempera and gold on panel. (Angelo Latronico and Foto Studio Lensini Siena ...

The 15th century represents an important transition in art history, as oil paints gradually replaced egg-based tempera paints as the painting medium of choice. During the transition period, artists ...

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 Through Jan. 26, 2025, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, 212-535-7710; metmuseum.org. The show travels to the National Gallery, London ...

Today, Magsaysay-Ho’s egg tempera paintings remain extraordinarily rare, making each surviving work a window into a moment in both Philippine art history and the revival of an ancient medium.

In December, the touring exhibition “Another World: Transcendental Painting Group, 1938–1945” opened for the final stop of its multi-museum tour at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art ...

Watch Erin Rust appraise an Acee Blue Eagle tempera painting, ca. 1950, in Springs Preserve, Hour 1. Aired 01/27/2025 | Rating TV-G Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and ...

The Met’s new show about what happens next, “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350,” makes clear how astonishing it is that paint, of all things, became the center of Western art. Gold was ...

One such work is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s very own Madonna and Child (ca. 1300), a tempera and gold painting on wood panel that measures no more than 11 inches on its longest side.

The Renaissance wasn’t just a period of rebirth—it was a full-blown creative revolution. Artists were no longer just painting ...

Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images Leonardo da Vinci seems to have taken “ put an egg on it ” to heart. In 15th-century Italy, oil paints largely replaced egg-based tempera paints .