This important resource is essential to any artist who is interested in using the time-honored medium of egg tempera to achieve the luminous effects that can"t be duplicated by any other medium. Complete with step-by-step photography, the book elucidates all stages of preparation, development, and completion of egg tempera paintings. Formal issues such as the depiction of light, color, form, and detail are discussed. Altoon Sultan"s paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and other fine institutions. Represented by the Marlborough Gallery, she lives in Groton, Vermont.