Van Eyck’s innovation on the recipe for oil paint gave the medium a new lease of life, and its newfound popularity would soon see it replace egg tempera as the go-to paint for artists.

What artists gain in expressive freedom, art institutions and enthusiasts inherit as long-term structural risk.

Tempera is a painting medium that has been used to decorate everything from early Egyptian sarcophagi to India's rock-cut temples. The medium was particularly popular with medieval and early ...

The 15th century represents an important transition in art history, as oil paints gradually replaced egg-based tempera paints as the painting medium of choice. During the transition period, artists ...