CERULEAN: blue fool

Friday, April 1, 2011

blue fool

5 comments:

Sharon said...: Perfect timing! Lovely piece.; April 1, 2011 at 7:17 AM
Carole said...: I love both the work and the title!; April 1, 2011 at 6:58 PM
Ilka von Torok said...: good job!:); April 2, 2011 at 10:09 AM
CERULEAN said...: thank you all.; April 2, 2011 at 9:26 PM
SIG said...: Wonderful light and dreaming BLUE.; April 5, 2011 at 2:30 PM

About the name

Cerulean is a range of colours from deep blue, skye-blue, bright blue or azure to deep cyan. The word cerulean comes from the Latin word caerulem, which means 'sky' or 'heavens' or sometimes 'oceans'.

Besides cerulean, ultramarine (cornflower blue) plays a prominent role. This pigment is natural present in the mineral lazurite, found in the valuable lapis lazuli.

From 1100 onwards this pigment, imported from Asia (China, Afghanistan), reaches the ateliers of painters in Europe, the blue of old masters Ducio, Titiaan and Vermeer.

In Italy the colour was known as Azurro Oltramarino. Literally 'the azurite coming from beyond the seas'.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

blue fool

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