CERULEAN: house of sand

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

house of sand

4 comments:

r.bohnenkamp said...: beautiful!; June 15, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Carole Reid said...: looks ancient and mysterious!; June 15, 2011 at 7:59 PM
Jo Murray said...: Not only great images, but great titles too! Is ther no end to your creativity?; June 15, 2011 at 8:57 PM
CERULEAN said...: thank you all.; June 21, 2011 at 12:31 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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