A lecture by Alan Pascuzzi
In the latest in his series of talks exploring the practical techniques used by the great artists of the Florentine Renaissance, Alan Pascuzzi answers the question just how many animals it took to do an egg tempera painting in the Renaissance?
Egg tempera was the most used painting technique by painters for centuries. From the 1200's to the late 1400's, painters from Giotto to Botticelli used the technique to create some of their greatest masterpieces. But what did it take to make an egg tempera painting? What did a painter have to know and how many animals did it take? From chickens to squirrels and rabbits, this talk will explore the many aspects of the technique to answer just how many animals it took to do an egg tempera painting!
Alan Pascuzzi is an art historian and also an artist who makes work using the traditional techniques in his bottega in the Oltrarno district of Florence, where he also conducts workshops to teach these techniques to others.
More details can be found here: The Alan Pascuzzi Art Studio - The British Institute of Florence
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