CERULEAN: buried treasures V, " little cardboard totems"

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

buried treasures V, " little cardboard totems"

All 2003, size +/- 10 x 25 cm, collage, mixed media on paper, cardboard, no title.

2 comments:

Jo Murray said...: I really like this format. Excellent choices of papers.; September 26, 2013 at 7:02 PM
Diane ~ said...: i love the texture in your art; September 27, 2013 at 3:58 AM

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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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

buried treasures V, " little cardboard totems"

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