tempera a tuorlo d’uovo verniciata e velata
English translation: egg tempera with varnish and glaze/glair depending on what it is
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| 5 +1 | egg tempera with varnish and glaze/glair depending on what it is |
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| 4 | egg tempera - opaque and transparent |
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| 3 | egg-tempera varnishing and glazing |
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| 3 | egg tempera, varnished and glazed |
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egg tempera - opaque and transparent Explanation: Egg tempera is applied in thin/semi-opaque or transparent layers. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2010-09-15 07:54:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- velato agg. m. (f. velata, m plural velati, f plural velate) veiled, translucent, see through, transparent Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_tempera#Application |
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16 mins confidence:
egg-tempera varnishing and glazing Explanation: Hope it can help -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2010-09-15 07:54:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- La velatura è una tecnica pittorica: Velatura Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Vai a: Navigazione, cerca In pittura si intende con velatura uno strato di colore che venga applicato sopra un altro già asciutto e che sia tanto sottile da lasciare trasparire il tono sottostante. Reference: http://www.suite101.com/reference/egg_tempera_glazing |
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egg tempera, varnished and glazed Explanation: egg tempera http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/tempera.html http://www.brigidmarlin.com/Pages/Mische.html http://www.dickblick.com/products/sennelier-artists-egg-temp... |
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15 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1egg tempera with varnish and glaze/glair depending on what it is Explanation: Glaze - transparent paint used to soften effect Glair: egg-white glaze -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2010-09-15 07:55:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The egg yolk is the medium used to bind the pigment. "Egg tempera" is the standard term used to describe this kind of paint/painting. "Egg yolk tempera" isn't wrong but "egg tempera" is more professional! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 mins (2010-09-15 07:58:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also, "velatura" in painting is the application of a transparent layer of paint on the surface of the painting. "Velata" describes this application. See Devoto-Oli -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 39 mins (2010-09-15 08:16:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And of course "verniciatura" is varnishing, which means a layer or layers of transparent varnish applied to the surface of a painting. Conservation labs often strip varnish and glazes that were added in subsequent centuries to either "protect" or alter the painting surface, but which modern conservation efforts for one reason or another want or need to clean away. From your excerpt it's not clear to me if this is the case with this tempera painting -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2010-09-15 13:31:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Now I see -- this is a contemporary artist who has succeeded in figuring out how to make a tempera painting. Tempera painting was phased out in Italian painting with the rise of oil as a medium -- Michelangelo was in fact one of the last Italian artists to use it, and this made him "old fashioned"! Fun translation project/interesting artist! |
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