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5 comments:

r.bohnenkamp said...: excellent Eric!
best, Ralf; January 11, 2011 at 11:05 AM
CERULEAN said...: Thanks, Ralf.; January 13, 2011 at 12:43 AM
Seth said...: This piece speaks to me.; January 13, 2011 at 5:27 AM
Kelly M. said...: wonderful how you worked this particular surface; the eye travels well over this!; January 16, 2011 at 6:46 PM
CERULEAN said...: thank you all for the nice comments.; January 20, 2011 at 12:55 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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