While the rise of oil paint is associated with the Renaissance, paintings using poppy-seed oil have been dated as far back as seventh-century Afghanistan. But there's one key reason this paint ...

I t's sensible to follow Howard Lyon's methodical guide to painting in a renaissance style without using actual oil paints, ...

Paint pigments had remained nearly unchanged since the Renaissance. Since oil paints were time-consuming to produce and quick to dry out, artists prepared only a few colors to work with during a ...

Based on the X-ray visuals, experts recreated an oil painting of the man ... understanding of the artistic strategies employed by the Renaissance master and his studio when reusing canvases ...