Black and white are also used to create shadows
Painting in the Renaissance was most commonly done as fresco, or murals painted onto plaster walls. For frescos, pigments were mixed with water and directly painted onto the wall. However, some artists did paint on wood using tempera paints, which are pigments that use egg yolk as a binder.
Honestly it depends on your taste whether they're good or not but some are:
Zanzibar-billy joel
zeus-eminem
zack and codeine-post malone
The image is an example of an illuminated manuscript. The concept was to
combine religious text (Christian and Islamic) and artistic detail, in
order to emphasize the importance of the text. At one time, illuminated
manuscripts were the only legalized, accepted form of art.
