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Encaustic: Or, Count Caylus's method of painting in the manner of the ancients. / To which is added a sure and easy method for fixing of crayons cover

Encaustic: Or, Count Caylus's method of painting in the manner of the ancients. / To which is added a sure and easy method for fixing of crayons

Chapter 1: ENCAUSTIC PAINTING.
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The treatise revives and explains an ancient wax-based painting technique revived by Count de Caylus, combining historical enquiry with practical instruction. It opens with a discussion of Pliny's reference to painting with wax and summarizes competing experimental approaches, then gives a clear, step-by-step method: preparing and waxing the support, applying a powdered ground, using water-mixed pigments, and gently heating the finished panel so the wax absorbs and fixes the colors. The author compares results, reports on durability and appearance, reproduces letters and observations from contemporaries, and appends a straightforward technique for fixing crayon drawings.

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Title: Encaustic: Or, Count Caylus's method of painting in the manner of the ancients.

Author: Jean-Henri Müntz

Other: comte de Anne Claude Philippe Caylus

Release date: January 20, 2023 [eBook #69846]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Bible and Crown, 1760

Credits: Charlene Taylor, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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