Where can I find a list of the best art book publishers?
For a selected compilation of the top publishers, see: Best Arts Books Publishers. Back to top Q. What is “encaustic painting”? A common painting method of the ancient world, used by painters in Egypt, Greece, Rome and Byzantium, encaustic paint contains hot beeswax as a binding medium to hold coloured pigments and to facilitate their application to a surface, usually wood panels or walls. For more, see: Encaustic Painting. What is “fresco”? The word Fresco (Italian for ‘fresh’) describes a form of painting in which pigments are mixed solely with water (no binding agent used) and then applied directly onto freshly laid lime-plaster ground (surface) – usually a plastered ceiling or wall or ceiling. The liquid paint is absorbed by the plaster and as the plaster dries the pigments are retained in the wall. Frescoes were common throughout Classical Antiquity, especially in Greece – although few remain – and in Southern Europe up to and including the Renaissance. However, due to the damper
