CERULEAN: summer in the city II

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

summer in the city II

3 comments:

Jo Murray said...: LOVE this one...the various lines, the shapes, the colours...all great.; August 6, 2014 at 12:32 PM
Anonymous said...: Really wonderful!; August 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Unknown said...: I like the heat-bleeched feel of these, Eric. Nice.
-sus; August 6, 2014 at 4:19 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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summer in the city II

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