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‖ tempera|ˈtɛmpərə|
Also 9 tempra.
[It. tempera, in phr. pingere a tempera to paint in distemper.]
The method of painting in distemper: see distemper n.2 1.
1832Gell Pompeiana I. viii. 148 A beautiful Venus painted in tempra. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 157/2 Tempera is called in Italy ‘fresco a secco’ as distinguished from ‘fresco buono’, or true fresco, painted on freshly laid patches of stucco. a1890W. B. Scott Autobiogr. Notes I. 168 The best preserved early pictures there [Italy] are tempera, not fresco.
b. Comb., as tempera-painting, tempera-picture.
1862Thornbury Turner I. 142 Passages of transparent colour, either upon white grounds, or introduced to enrich tempera pictures. 1898Hueffer in Contemp. Rev. Aug. 185 In the same year, he again attempted tempera-painting.
Add:[a.] Also the paint used in this method, usu. an emulsion in which pigment dissolved in water is mixed with egg yolk, or any of various gums, glues, or oils: see distemper n.2 2, egg tempera.
1883M. E. James How to Decorate 19 Remember that tempera is many shades lighter when it is dry than when it is wet. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 491/1 A size or gum tempera is always soluble in water, and is moreover always of a rather thin consistency. The latter applies also to white of egg. 1939E. Gill Let. 6 Sept. (1947) 424 Originally they were painted in tempera, i.e. colour tempered with egg. 1990Antique Collector Dec. 42/1 He wrote several theses, he sometimes used oil paints instead of the traditional tempera, and finally brought naturalistic elements into his work. |