What would Easter be without the decorated egg? Powder blue, rose pink, and daffodil-yellow ovals have become synonymous with the springtime holiday, and painting or dyeing the white canvas of egg ...

For thousands of years, artists have used a surprising ingredient in their paints: egg yolk. This type of paint, called egg tempera, has been found in ancient Egyptian mummy portraits, medieval ...

Walk through any major art museum’s historical galleries and you’ll likely encounter paintings created with egg tempera, particularly among Christian icons and medieval masterpieces. This ancient ...