Students explore the development of paint and paintings during the Renaissance. In a science lab, they reproduce the properties of egg in tempera paint and compare and contrast egg tempera paintings to oil paintings. Through...

Overview of egg tempera paints and painting techniques.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Paul Cadmus is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his paitings (including his series "The Fleet's In") and his use of egg tempera.