temperan.
/ˈtɛmpərə/ The method of painting in distemper: see distemper n.2 1.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > tempera or distemper
distemper1622
tempera1832
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. viii. 148 A beautiful Venus painted in tempra.
1888 Encycl. 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.
a1890 W. B. Scott Autobiogr. Notes I. 168 The best preserved early pictures there [i.e. in Italy] are tempera, not fresco.
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tempera-painting n.
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1898 Hueffer in Contemp. Rev. Aug. 185 In the same year, he again attempted tempera-painting.
tempera-picture n.
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1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 142 Passages of transparent colour, either upon white grounds, or introduced to enrich tempera pictures.
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Also the paint used in this method, usually 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 n. at egg n. Compounds 3.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > paint > types of
whitewash?1584
rough stuff1841
enamel paint1865
tempera1883
surfacer1885
Bitumastic1889
plastic paint1925
spray-paint1928
emulsion paint1939
Snowcem1939
Day-Glo1944
Artex1952
latex1954
matt1977
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > paints
oil colour1498
oila1536
oil paint1759
cake colour1784
colour cake1794
moist colour1842
powder colour1862
tube-colour1881
tempera1883
powder paint1911
poster colour1925
finger paint1935
poster paint1939
1883 M. E. James How to Decorate 19 Remember that tempera is many shades lighter when it is dry than when it is wet.
1911 Encycl. 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.
1939 E. Gill Let. 6 Sept. (1947) 424 Originally they were painted in tempera, i.e. colour tempered with egg.
1990 Antique 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.
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