A 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai.

An Egyptian funeral portrait of a boy.

Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then applied to a surface — usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used. Image File history File links Petersinai. ... Image File history File links Petersinai. ... St. ... Download high resolution version (299x613, 46 KB)Fayum mummy portrait of a boy, 1st century The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Download high resolution version (299x613, 46 KB)Fayum mummy portrait of a boy, 1st century The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Beeswax cake Fresh wax scales (in the middle of the lower row) Beeswax is a product from a bee hive. ... For animal and plant pigments, see Pigment, biology. ... Look up Canvas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The simplest encaustic mixture can be made from adding pigments to beeswax, but there are several other recipes that can be used — some containing other types of waxes, damar resin, linseed oil, or other ingredients. Pure, powdered pigments can be purchased and used, though some mixtures use oil paints or other forms of pigment. candle wax This page is about the substance. ... Damar can refer to: Damar Island, an island of Indonesia, part of the Barat Daya Islands Damar, Kansas, United States Corat Damar, a character in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Linseed oil is a yellowish drying oil derived from the dried ripe seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum, Linaceae). ...

Metal tools and special brushes can be used to shape the paint before it cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax once it has cooled onto the surface. Today, tools such as heat lamps, heat guns, and other methods of applying heat allow artists to extend the amount of time they have to work with the material. Because wax is used as the pigment binder, encaustics can be sculpted as well as painted. Other materials can be encased or collaged into the surface, or layered, using the encaustic medium to adhere it to the surface. A collage composed of magazine articles and pictures Collage (From the French: , to stick) is regarded as a work of visual arts made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...

This technique was notably used in the Fayum mummy portraits from Egypt around 100-300 CE, in the Blachernitissa and other early icons, as well as in many works of 20th century American artists, including Jasper Johns , Mauricio Toussaint, and Mary Ellen Neff. Portrait of a young woman, A.D. 110–20 Encaustic on wood; 43. ... -1... Franks penetrate into northern Belgium (approximate date). ... Era Vulgaris redirects here. ... The Blachernitissa Blachernitissa, also called Our Lady of Blachernae, is a 7th-century icon representing the Holy Virgin and considered to be a divine protectress of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Jasper Johns, Jr. ... Mauricio Toussaint, photograph taken at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC. Winter 2005. ...

References

• Mayer, Ralph. The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques Viking Adult; 5th revised and updated edition, 1991. ISBN 0-670-83701-6