Contemporary Encaustics

Authors

Kristin Glaus, Brigham Young University
Joseph Ostraff, Brigham Young University

Keywords

contemporary encaustics, painting, mummy castings, funerary portraits

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

Abstract

Encaustic painting has a very deep tradition in the visual arts. The technique was used as far back as 100 AD, its roots established in Greece where beeswax was used as caulking in the joints of barges. Eventually the Greeks mixed pigments with the beeswax, adding an aesthetic value to the barges. These painted warships led Greek artists to use beeswax in an innovative way—on flat easel paintings.

Recommended Citation

Glaus, Kristin and Ostraff, Joseph (2013) "Contemporary Encaustics," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 2097.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2097