CERULEAN: shifting sands

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

shifting sands

3 comments:

Sharon said...: Strange shifting sands. Strong shifting sands. Ancient/Contemporary. Surprising. Fine.; June 21, 2011 at 1:13 AM
Sharmon Davidson said...: Is the black a woodcut print? Nice- I love all your work! Just started exploring your blog, and I'm so glad I did.; July 15, 2011 at 3:00 AM
CERULEAN said...: Thanks, Sharon.
Hi Sharmon, welcome. The black is a print of strokes of cardboard, printed with acrylic paint.; July 15, 2011 at 11:50 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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