In 15th-century Italy, oil paints largely replaced egg-based tempera paints. But despite the shift, da Vinci and other old masters experimented with paints that mixed egg and oil together.

Footage shows firefighters rescuing oil paintings from the collapse of the Santa Chiara Church in Italy. The church roof partially collapsed on Saturday evening, August 24, in Montedinove, Ascoli ...

In oil painting, double bonds in the long carbon chains of the oil react with oxygen from the air as the artworks dry. This creates new chemical connections that stabilise the final, cured layers.

More abstract paintings show colorful foliage or decorative elements, photos show. Workers are still analyzing the rediscovered paintings and restoring the 700-year-old convent, officials said.

Instead, Judge Patrone declared the works to be fakes and sentenced the 78-year-old to a suspended sentence of one year and ...

Archaeologists discovered rare paintings, showing Helen of Troy and other Greek figures, in the lost Roman city of Pompeii 2000 years after the deadly volcanic eruption.

“Old Masters” such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study.

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Fury in Italy as historic 300-year-old painting damaged by visitor The tourist fell backwards while attempting to 'make a meme' in front of a 300-year-old portrait.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers propose that Italian Renaissance masters – artists such as Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci – added protein to their oil paintings to prevent wrinkling ...