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alienbaconhybrid t1_jef2kcw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:27 PM

Reply to comment by mini-z1994 in A study using eggs reveals why Italian Renaissance masters – artists such as Sandro Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci – might have added protein to their oil paintings. by molrose96

The chemistry is more complex. The protein creates microstructures in the paint allowing better impasto or thick, textured applications of paint, among other effects.