See also:

• TEMPERA (the Italian term), or DISTEMPER

TEMPERA (the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• TERM

term), or DISTEMPER  , a method of See also:

• PAINTING

painting in which solid See also:

• PIGMENTS (Lat. pigmentum, from pingere, to paint)

pigments are employed, mixed with awater See also:

• MEDIUM

medium,' in which some See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum or gelatinous sub-stance is dissolved to prevent the See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours from scaling off . See also:

• TEMPERA (the Italian term), or DISTEMPER

Tempera is also called in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy See also:

• FRESCO (Ital. for cool, " fresh ")

fresco a secco, as distinguished from fresco b&Irmo, or true fresco, painted on freshly laid patches of See also:

• STUCCO (Ital. stucco, adapted from O.H.G. stucchi, crust, piece, patch, Ger. Stuck, piece, allied to stock)

stucco . Various See also:

• MEDIA

media have been used for tempera See also:

• WORK

work, such as the glutinous See also:

• SAP

sap of the fig and other trees, various gums which are soluble in See also:

• WATER

water, and See also:

• SIZE

size made by boiling down See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish-bones, See also:

• PARCHMENT

parchment and animals' hoofs . A mixture of See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg and See also:

• VINEGAR

vinegar has also been found to make a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good medium, especially when it is desirable to apply the colours in consider-able See also:

• BODY

body or impasto . For the nature and See also:

• HISTORY

history of painting in tempera and fresco, see PAINTING .