CERULEAN: no water no moon

Saturday, February 28, 2015

no water no moon

7 comments:

Tammie Lee said...: striking!; February 28, 2015 at 11:21 PM
Sue Marrazzo Fine Art said...: I was drawn to these colors!
VERY TIFFany Blue!; March 1, 2015 at 5:38 AM
ELFI said...: efficace et beau!; March 1, 2015 at 8:05 AM
Jo Murray said...: Love this concept Eric.; March 1, 2015 at 10:13 AM
renilde said...: oh yes i love this work a lot.; March 1, 2015 at 10:43 AM
Patrice A. said...: oh... wat mooi
de kleuren en structuren
gecombineerd met geschreven tekst
heel fijn
en zomers ;^)); March 1, 2015 at 2:58 PM
Seth said...: Individually these are gorgeous. Together they are sensationally spectacular!; March 2, 2015 at 4:31 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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Saturday, February 28, 2015

no water no moon

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