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Tempera
An italian word meaning to mix. It is a painting medium in which ground pigments are mixed with egg yolk, thinned with water and applied to specially prepared wooden panels. It dries extremely quickly, making it almost impossible to change. It was widely used for panel paintings before the sixteenth century and the advent of oil paints, which are slower drying and conducive to a greater range of techniques.
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