Synonyms for tempera

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tem-per-uh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛm pər ə

Top 10 synonyms for tempera

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Définition of tempera

Origin : 1832, from Italian tempera (in phrase pingere a tempera), from temperare "to mix colors, temper," from Latin temperare "to mix" (see temper (v.)).

As in paint : noun tinted covering

Example sentences :

The colours Pg 175 are known in the trade as tempera colours.
Extract from : « Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do » by Anonymous

When not painting fresco he is constant to the use of tempera.
Extract from : « Pintoricchio » by Evelyn March Phillipps

First there are the tempera pictures, or “frescoes,” as he termed them.
Extract from : « William Blake » by Irene Langridge

“Bianca” was painted in tempera from a beautiful young American.
Extract from : « Holman Hunt » by Mary E. Coleridge

He painted in tempera and finished his work with care and deliberation.
Extract from : « Artists Past and Present » by Elisabeth Luther Cary

Will you kindly advise me on the tempera, of which I send a tube?
Extract from : « The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton » by Mrs. Russell Barrington

He displayed an old-fashioned preference for painting in tempera.
Extract from : « The Old Masters and Their Pictures » by Sarah Tytler

The tempera picture from which it was engraved was bought by Mr. Butts, but has been lost sight of now for many years.
Extract from : « William Blake » by Irene Langridge

Its general tone is bluish green with mosaic walls and floor and a wooden ceiling decorated in tempera with cufic inscriptions.
Extract from : « The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration » by Various

In tempera painting the colours were mixed with egg, gum, and other vehicles dissolved in water, and laid upon a dry ground.
Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 » by John Addington Symonds

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