Italian painters in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries worked principally in __________,a paint made from powdered pigments,often mixed with egg yolk,water,and an occasional touch of glue.

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Italian painters in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries worked principally in tempera, as it was a paint made from powdered pigments, often mixed with egg yolk, water, and an occasional touch of glue. Fresco is a painting technique where pigments are applied to wet plaster, while arriccio is a base layer of rough plaster used in fresco painting. Parchment is a material made from animal skin and was used for writing and drawing in earlier centuries, but not as a paint medium in the manner described in the question.

Italian Painters in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Worked Principally