Panel painting uses heated wax as the medium for the pigments. This was replaced before the end of first millennium by tempera, which uses an egg-yolk medium. Using small brushes dipped in a mixture of pigment and egg-yolk, the paint was applied in very small, almost transparent, brushstrokes. Thin layers of paint would be used to create volumetric forms. By the beginning of the 15th century, oil painting was developed. This was more tolerant, and allowed the exceptional detail of Early Netherlandish art. This used a very painstaking multi-layered technique, where the painting, or a particular part of it, had to be
Imogen (given name) Imogen (given name) Imogen , or Imogene, is an English-language female given name of uncertain etymology. Because the first recorded use of the name is by the English playwright William Shakespeare, it is popularly believed that he invented the name. It is chiefly used as a given name in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and Scandinavian countries. The first recorded use of the name Imogen is by Shakespeare for a British princess in his play "Cymbeline". It is possible that the name may have originated as an accidental or