{"id":7949,"date":"2026-03-02T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/?p=7949"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:09:55","slug":"egg-tempera-this-is-how-sacred-icons-are-painted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/com\/religious-items\/egg-tempera-this-is-how-sacred-icons-are-painted\/","title":{"rendered":"Egg tempera: this is how sacred icons are painted"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Sacred icons: genuine expressions of religiosity, symbolic works that transcend art. How are they painted? Discovering egg tempera<\/em><\/h4>\n\n<p>Much of the\u00a0<strong>deep symbolism<\/strong>\u00a0that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/religious-items\/sacred-icons\"><strong>permeates sacred<\/strong><\/a> icons comes from the colours with which they are painted. Each colour in Christian iconography has a precise meaning, codified over the centuries and handed down for generations by the artists of ancient sacred icons. It remains valid today for the authors of hand-painted icons. Thus, white is the expression of Divine Light; overseas blue symbolises God; dark red symbolises humanity; bright red symbolises beauty; black symbolises death and evil.\u00a0<strong>How were these colours spread<\/strong>? And how are they still used today, for sacred handmade icons? The secret of religious icons is in the egg tempera.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-product\">\n<div class=\"blocco-immagine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8764 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/couk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Icon-of-the-Good-Sheperd-.jpg\" alt=\"Icon of the Good Sheperd \" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" data-kale-share-title=\"Egg tempera: this is how sacred icons are painted\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/couk\/?p=8761\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-contenuto\">\n<div class=\"blocco-acquista\">Buy Now:<\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-titolo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/religious-items\/sacred-icons\">Icon of the Good Sheperd<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-descrizione\">Icon of Christ, the Good Sheperd, depicted in his glory and with his cross. He is the sheperd who saves the sinners with his immense love.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What is egg tempera<\/h2>\n<p>It is in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/religious-items\/sacred-icons\/rumanian-hand-painted-icons\/icon-of-the-holy-family\"><strong>Byzantine world<\/strong><\/a>, the cradle of the cult of icons, that the egg tempera technique was born. This system of colour mixing then spread throughout the Mediterranean and reached its peak in the\u00a0<strong>Renaissance<\/strong>, where all the great masters used it until the emergence of oil painting. Some 19th-century painters will then take it up.<\/p>\n<p>There were several methods for producing colour in tempera painting: the most classic, still in use today, involves\u00a0<strong>mixing egg red with colours<\/strong>, usually pigment powders of mineral, vegetable, or animal origin, in equal parts of powder and water, with one part of egg. But there were more imaginative systems, such as beating the yolk with cut fig branches, from which the characteristic &#8220;milk&#8221; emerged, which reacted chemically with the egg, delaying the drying of the colours during the laying phase and favouring coagulation. Egg-red tempera is denser and more malleable than other temperas, making it suitable for very accurate work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-product\">\n<div class=\"blocco-immagine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8766 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/couk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Icon-of-the-Holy-Family-.jpg\" alt=\"Icon of the Holy Family \" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" data-kale-share-title=\"Egg tempera: this is how sacred icons are painted\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/couk\/?p=8761\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-contenuto\">\n<div class=\"blocco-acquista\">Buy Now:<\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-titolo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/religious-items\/sacred-icons\/rumanian-hand-painted-icons\/icon-of-the-holy-family\">Icon of the Holy Family<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blocco-descrizione\">A hand-painted icon depicting the Holy Family from Rumenia. The three people form a triangle, the symbol of perfection.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The pictorial technique of egg tempera in sacred icons<\/h2>\n<p>Among the pictorial techniques, the egg tempera is very ancient, and already contains\u00a0<strong>symbolic and spiritual elements<\/strong>. Moreover, the Russian and Greek sacred icons convey symbolic meaning in every aspect, from the support to the colour to the techniques used, right down to the final result. In the case of painting with egg tempera, we see\u00a0<strong>the egg yolk<\/strong>, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/easter\/egg-symbol-easter\/\"><strong>symbolises the hidden life ready to be born<\/strong><\/a>. Still, also Christ who rises from the dead, mixed with\u00a0<strong>white wine<\/strong>, which in the Eucharistic celebration becomes a manifestation of Christ and the Covenant. This emulsion is then used to dissolve the\u00a0<strong>powder pigments<\/strong>, which make up the colours, each with its own symbolism, as we have mentioned, sometimes with the addition of a fragrant essence, to hide the unpleasant smell of the mixture. Even in the\u00a0<strong>fragrance,\u00a0<\/strong>there is a symbolic value, which refers to the anointing of Jesus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-article\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8767 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/couk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/THE-EGG-EASTER.jpeg\" alt=\"The Egg Easter\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" data-kale-share-title=\"Egg tempera: this is how sacred icons are painted\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/couk\/?p=8761\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"leggi-anche\">Read more:<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/easter\/egg-symbol-easter\/\">The Egg as a symbol of Easter<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWhenever we think of Easter, apart from the religious significance of this festival for Christians&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A\u00a0<strong>symbolism that transcends matter<\/strong>, therefore, every detail is aimed at expressing a superior concept, a meaning. It is no coincidence that we have defined the creator of icons as a writer rather than a painter, capable of intertwining all his work with hidden spiritual messages, and a sacred icon as a theological mission, rather than an artistic one. Thanks to painting with egg tempera, life enters colour, and with it the Word of God.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>iconography of the saints<\/strong>, each represented with their attributes, symbols, clothes and colours, is also indebted to this pictorial technique.<\/p>\n<p>In the painting of the icons, the colours obtained from natural pigments, mixed with egg red, were then combined with white or soot to create\u00a0<strong>shades<\/strong>. The\u00a0<strong>volume of the shapes<\/strong>\u00a0was defined using darker shades first and gradually lighter. The painting was finally passed with a\u00a0<strong>transparent paint<\/strong>\u00a0that protected it and emphasised the colours.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/religious-items\/sacred-icons-the-ultimate-guide\/\">rules that define the creation of the icons<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>are reported in special manuals, the <em>hermeneutics<\/em>, to which the iconographer must adhere precisely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-article\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8771 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/couk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Sacred-Icons.jpg\" alt=\"Sacred Icons\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" data-kale-share-title=\"Egg tempera: this is how sacred icons are painted\" data-kale-share-url=\"https:\/\/blog.holyart.it\/couk\/?p=8761\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"leggi-anche\">Read more:<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyart.com\/blog\/religious-items\/sacred-icons-the-ultimate-guide\/\">Sacred Icons: the ultimate guide<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nOnly mentioning them evokes exotic and charming suggestions, a way to live religion that is far from the modern concept only at first glance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Egg tempera: recipe<\/h2>\n<p>Do you want to try preparing egg tempera at home? Get yourself an egg, wine vinegar and some water.<br \/>\nFirst, separate the yolk from the egg white, making sure not a bit of it remains. You can help yourself with paper towels for this. Drop the yolk into a container, gently removing the skin that encloses it. Add the same volume of water and a few drops of wine vinegar. Stir until a uniform emulsion is obtained. 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