CERULEAN: barry flanagan

Friday, April 6, 2012

barry flanagan

More about Barry Flanagan: here and here.

2 comments:

ArtPropelled said...: Wonderfully whimsical sculpture. Thanks Eric. A delightful photo mosaic!; April 7, 2012 at 9:44 AM
layers said...: I do love rabbits... especially these long leggy ones.; April 8, 2012 at 3:19 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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