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 ...

The painting 'Christ Shown to the People' or 'Ecce Homo' was created by Renaissance artist Titian around 1570 ... or the web of fine cracks formed on oil paintings over time, revealed strange ...

Originally attributed to Pieter Pourbus, a Flemish Renaissance artist who worked in Bruges during the 16th century, the painting depicts an austere man and his young daughter in matching ruffs.

The tin tube was more resilient than its predecessor (the pig bladder), enabling painters to leave their studios. Chrysler Museum of Art The French Impressionists disdained laborious academic ...