tempera
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For those, however, who take their painting with a dash of the occult, the tempera panels of Bu Shi at Sarahcrown will delight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The large tempera painting shows a group of colorfully clad people on a lawn, some eating or playing music, while others seem to be dancing.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
One of them, a tiny prayer book from the 15th century, is leather-bound with egg-based tempera paint and touches of gold leaf on parchment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
Painted with egg tempera on calfskin parchment, they show close-ups of agricultural machinery in near primary colors.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2022
The present tense is moving forward, discarding concept after concept, and I am off to the side somewhere, fiddling with egg tempera and flat surfaces, as if the twentieth century has never happened.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing tempera
Visual Arts - High School
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Visual Arts - Middle School
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