The Complete Oil Painter: The Essential Reference For Beginners To Professionals
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- Synopsis
- Compared to watercolor, encaustic, fresco, or tempera, oil paint is a relatively recent medium. It has its origins in northern Europe at the start of the fifteenth century, when drying oils were often added to the egg-yolk medium of tempera, possibly during the later applications of paint. Artists found that by painting in slow-drying oil paint, with its smooth modeling and richness of color, they could achieve greater realism. This, along with the durability of its paint film and the portability of its supports, meant that by the middle of the sixteenth century oil painting had spread throughout Europe to become the medium of choice for most painters. It has since dominated palettes up to the present day, with only the introduction of acrylics during the twentieth century offering any credible alternative to some of the uses of oils.
- Copyright:
- 2003
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780823008551
- Publisher:
- Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
- Date of Addition:
- 02/12/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Quarto Inc
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Reference, Art and Architecture, Textbooks
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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