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tempera
[ tem-per-uh ]
noun
- a technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
- a painting executed in this technique.
- a water paint used in this technique in which the egg-water or egg-oil emulsion is used as a binder. Compare distemper 2( defs 1, 2 ).
tempera
/ ˈtɛmpərə /
noun
- a painting medium for powdered pigments, consisting usually of egg yolk and water
- any emulsion used as a painting medium, with casein, glue, wax, etc, as a base
- the paint made from mixing this with pigment
- the technique of painting with tempera
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Origin of tempera1
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Example Sentences
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We have heard indigo complained of as a fugitive colour; Cennino mentions it for skies with a tempera of glue.
It is executed in tempera upon the wall of the church, close to the principal entrance.
It is painted in tempera on linen cloth attached to wood, and even in Vasari's day its preservation was deemed remarkable.
Unlike Perugino, he never mastered the use of oil, but painted in tempera.
The objection to tempera, so far at any rate as northern countries were concerned, was that it suffered from the damp.
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