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Old 08-25-2005, 01:11 PM   #1
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Glass in Renaissance Paint

Folks--

Today I ran across this article on the MSNBC site, that claims that Italian Renaissance painters got that special "glow" by putting ground glass in their paint. It's a pretty interesting article....

Here's the link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9073035.

Best--TE
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