Tempera portraits, although as detailed as the encaustic ones, did not have the same glossy finish and nuanced contrast created with molten wax. Another iconic work of art painted with encaustic ...

Encaustic works eventually moved from purely utilitarian usage into the realm of art. The oldest surviving examples of encaustic paintings are the Fayum portraits, wooden boards on which realistic ...

Egyptians made encaustic portraits to accompany the mummies of pharaohs and other important figures into the afterlife. She uses it for a modern purpose - nonrepresentational art. Her work has ...

About 2,000 years ago, encaustic portraits were painted on mummy cases in Egypt. Since then, encaustic has moved in and out of art history: Byzantine icons in the sixth century, European paintings ...

In terms of their creation, many of these portraits transmit a specific type of painting method called encaustic. This is an ancient technique now partially lost to us. It mixed pigments with hot ...

Simply put, encaustic painting is a type of painting where ... from the bows of ships to the cartonnage canvases of priceless Fayum portraits. Encaustic also proved more durable than tempera ...

While ancient Egyptian mummy portraits have long been objects ... burgeoning experimentation with portraiture and painting techniques like encaustic – a painting method that entails melting ...

FINE ART/SCALA, FLORENCE Over the course of the ... range of subtle hues to give the image intensity and depth. Encaustic portraits are easy to spot due to their glossy finish.

“The interesting thing about encaustic painting is the skill involved,” he said. “Since you cannot make adjustments once the wax has cooled, portraits were constructed layer by ...