Characteristics: Advantages, Disadvantages. Tempera is typically applied onto a prepared surface. Wood panel paintings, for instance, were prepared with layers of gesso (a mixture of size and chalk) to form a smooth surface. The tempera was then applied (over a prepared drawing or sketch) and built up slowly in a series of thin, transparent layers.
Corporations are defined as entities because they have a legal identity separate from those of their owners.orporations are defined as entities because they have a legal identity separate from those of their owners.
A legal document that provides for the creation of a corporate entity. A corporation's charter is issued by either a federal or a regional government and effectively creates a legal entity out of the business, which existed only as a partnership, sole proprietorship or similar business before incorporating. Also referred to as articles of incorporation. Next Up.