The significance of Flemish painters' use of oil as the primary vehicle for paintings
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The materials used by Flemish painters were not new to the painters of the south but the Flemish employed oil as the primary vehicle for paintings. With oil they could create multiple layers of paint with varying degrees of transparency. Light was reflected back from the surface of the paintings. Oil also had the added benefit of being slow drying. This permitted precise blending and subtle visual effects. The effects of light in oil paintings held for the Flemish a spiritual significance.
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