Tempera - Wikipedia Tempera is broad term describing many types of paint, traditionally created by hand-grinding dry powdered pigments into a binding agent or medium, such as egg yolk, milk (in the form of casein) or a variety of plant gums The most common form of classical tempera painting is "egg tempera"
Tempera Painting - visual-arts-cork. com Tempera (also called egg tempera) was a method of painting that superceded the encaustic painting method, only to be itself replaced by oil painting Its name stems from the Latin word temperare, meaning 'to mix in proportion'
Tempera — Google Arts Culture Type of painting medium used to bind pigments Strictly, and as used by Cennino Cennini in his Libro dell’arte, the term may be applied to any combination of pigment and medium