The material used in a painting such as water colors, oil paint or pastel. The term is also used to described the substances that are used in conjunction with pigments such as substance oil, egg yolk, or water to make paint. Painting in which pigments are mixed with oils such as linseed, walnut, or poppy to make the paints. The method of creating the illusion of three dimensions on a flat surface. Linear perspectives create the illusion that objects at a distance appear smaller and where parallel lines converge with increasing distance.
Aerial perspectives create the effect where objects at a distance appear paler.
A row of smaller paintings arranged below the main panels of an altarpiece. Paintings using paints whose pigments are bound with egg yolk. The range of light and dark from from black to white. Paintings that trick the viewer. The point on the horizon at which converging lines meet.