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The 71 pages that link to Oil painting, each with the reason it gives.

• Portrait paintingNarrower topic: Its flexible blending and glazing made it a dominant medium for European portraiture.

• Jan van EyckNarrower topic: Oil provided the working properties behind many of the effects associated with Van Eyck.

• Early Netherlandish paintingNarrower topic: Slow-drying oil let Netherlandish painters build luminous surfaces and sharply observed textures.

• Arnolfini PortraitNarrower topic: Its slow-drying, translucent layers support the painting’s fine detail and luminous effects.

• TitianNarrower topic: Its slow-drying layers supported the saturated color and revisions associated with Titian’s work.

• The GleanersNarrower topic: Millet used oil paint to build the figures, earth, and distant light.

• Baroque paintingNarrower topic: Its flexible handling supported the rich surfaces and subtle transitions common in Baroque works.

• Flemish paintingNarrower topic: Slow-drying oil allowed Flemish painters to layer transparent glazes and refine small details.

• ColoritoNarrower topic: Its slow-drying, layerable medium enabled many effects associated with colorito.

• Paolo VeroneseNarrower topic: Oil paint supports the layered color and detailed surfaces of his large canvases.

• GiorgioneNarrower topic: Oil paint enabled the subtle transitions and luminous surfaces associated with Giorgione’s works.

• Hans MemlingNarrower topic: Its slow-drying layers supported the smooth surfaces and minute detail of Memling’s panels.

• The Old GuitaristNarrower topic: The oil medium supports the painting’s thin, layered tonal transitions.

• AbaporuNarrower topic: Tarsila used oil paint to create the work’s smooth surfaces and distinct areas of color.

• Antonello da MessinaNarrower topic: Oil's blending and glazing enabled the subtle surfaces and tonal transitions associated with Antonello.

• Gilbert StuartNarrower topic: Stuart used oil paint to build nuanced surfaces and model faces.

• Lucian FreudNarrower topic: Freud used oil paint to build the dense, tactile surfaces of his portraits.

• Luncheon of the Boating PartyNarrower topic: Renoir used oil paint to layer the scene’s figures, objects, and light.

• Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and HummingbirdNarrower topic: Kahlo used oil paint to render the face, foliage, animals, and necklace with careful detail.

• The Storm on the Sea of GalileeNarrower topic: Its oil medium supports the work’s rich darks and nuanced illumination.

• Anjolie Ela MenonNarrower topic: Oil paint enabled Menon to build the rich color and layered surfaces associated with her work.

• Antwerp MannerismNarrower topic: Oil allowed painters to render the style’s fine textures and elaborate detail.

• Bob RossNarrower topic: The paints in Ross’s demonstrations were oils suited to wet-on-wet work.

• La maja desnudaNarrower topic: Goya’s oil medium supports the painting’s smooth transitions and finely rendered surfaces.

• MacchiaioliNarrower topic: Oil paint gave the group flexibility to build compact, contrasting areas of color.

• Triptych of the Temptation of St. AnthonyNarrower topic: Oil paint supports the minute textures and nuanced color of Bosch’s fantastical details.