CERULEAN: "They beg to be touched"

Friday, January 24, 2014

"They beg to be touched"

With a comment on one of my last posts Caterina Giglio from La Dolce Vita "gave" me the title for these three collages on corrugated cardboard. Thank you Caterina.

2 comments:

Caterina Giglio said...: you are so welcome... it is so true... would love to see them in person..; January 24, 2014 at 3:01 PM
Jo Murray said...: Great title for these.; January 25, 2014 at 8:44 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, January 24, 2014

"They beg to be touched"

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