encaustic

Encaustic can be brushed onto a surface or applied with a spatula.

American Encaustic altered the building for its own occupancy.

When dry, the encaustic can be manipulated further by scraping, scratching or sanding.

Encaustic is a wax-based painting medium characterized by luminous color and rich surface.

The seven canvases, done in a mixture of oil encaustic, are of figures and seem autobiographical.

American Encaustic was reputed at one time to operate the largest tileworks in the world.

Encaustic has body to it.

The main product produced by American Encaustic was the manufacture of tiles which required a two-step process.

"Encaustic is physically direct," Mr. David said from his home in Brooklyn.

One of the richest, most lyrical modes of encaustic is its use as an indicator of flesh.

"More than any other paint, encaustic is a collaborative medium," Mr. Frumess said.

Today, commercially prepared encaustic is made with refined beeswax and dry pigment (from mineral ores, for example).

Encaustic may refer to:

Examples of Decorative Tiles sometimes called Encaustic, engraved in facsimile, London, 1845.

The Wax Encaustic Technique was described by the Romans, even though created by the Greeks.

The Metropolitan Museum's recent exhibition of ancient Egyptian mummy portraits painted in encaustic is a reminder of the medium's heritage.

The translucent quality of encaustic allows faint images on the paper to emerge slowly, and almost imperceptibly, as your eyes adjust to the surfaces of the paintings.

The dominant painter is Diogenes Ballester, with a large encaustic of a glowering priest who wears a flame-colored cope as if it were a straitjacket.

A company brochure of about 1930 shows that American Encaustic later tiled the ground-floor stuccoed facade with a wildly mottled pattern of small rectangular tiles.

Painting (Acrylic, Oil, Encaustic, Watercolour, Gouache)

The painting's surface is in the artist's signature encaustic, a technique involving pigment suspended in wax that Mr. Johns is frequently credited with reviving.

The three collages were then joined together and covered with layer of fast-setting dirty white encaustic (beeswax mixed with white pigment) with highlights added in white oil paint.

As a technique, encaustic is far more venerable than oil painting; in ancient Egypt, for example, it was used in the astonishing portraits found in the mummy cases of Fayum.

One of the handsomest works done in a new plastic medium which has the wax look of encaustic is a restrained study of egrets swinging their plumes in a covert.

After the exhibition leaves the gallery, it is scheduled to travel to small venues around the state, like libraries and retirement homes A remarkable number of pieces this year list encaustic, or wax, among their media.

Her two encaustic panels are easily the show's finest works.

Each one is created using an encaustic process on handmade Japanese paper.

The process of making encaustic and pigment sticks is complicated.

Through the centuries, encaustic never disappeared, but it was used only sporadically.

The ground floor is paved with stone, encaustic tiles and marble.

Also medieval encaustic tiles are extant at the east end.

The portrait was painted with skill, in encaustic wax on wood.

For many uses the tougher encaustic tile was used.

On the floor to the southeast of the pulpit are medieval encaustic tiles.

He also paid for the encaustic tiling around the font.

The floor of the chancel and the sanctuary are made from encaustic tiles.

The chancel has a floor made of patterned encaustic tiles.

Pal used encaustic technique in his painting, with which he got the surprising effects.

On occasion, he has also used encaustic for its tactility and luminosity.

He is one of the most successful contemporary practitioners of encaustic painting.

Byzantine icons are also derived from the encaustic panel painting tradition.

This has made the technique of encaustic and architectural topics also central in his easel work.

His best works are his small mixed-media encaustic pieces.

The techniques used were encaustic (wax) painting and tempera.

For example, encaustic or wax paints are liquid when warm, and harden upon cooling.

Behind the altar is an ornate reredos composed of encaustic tiles.

There is a decorative mosaic made from encaustic glass tiles on the altar platform.

Pausias is thought to have invented the encaustic painting method.

Several medieval encaustic tiles survive on the floor.

Encaustic painting incorporates bees' wax as its main ingredient.