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ARTS 1301 Exploration of the Arts - Chapter 4 - Painting

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The actual color, which requires a binder to keep it in solution and permit it to be applied to canvas, wood, plaster, and other substances.

A substance such as egg yolk, glue, or casein which keeps the pigment in solution and permits it to be applied to canvas, wood, plaster, and other substances.

A pigment bounded by egg yolk an applied to a carefully prepared surface. These colors look slightly flat and are difficult to change as the artist works, but the marvelous precision of detail and the subtlety of linear shaping are extraordinary.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels

A thirteenth century tempera painting, painted by Cimabue on wood panels. It is an Italian alter piece which uses tempera and gold leaf to create a radiance appropriate to religious scenes.

Madonna Enthroned

A tempera and gold leaf painting on wood by Giotto, one of Florence's greatest painters. Giotto exhibits control of the medium of tempera which permitted him to represent figures with high degree of individuality and realism, representing a profound change in the history of the art.