CERULEAN: a thin line

Monday, June 24, 2013

a thin line

2 comments:

Jane Cornwell said...: Hi Eric;
Lovely texture and I love the writing peaking through on this.
There's much richness to explore here on your wonderful blog!
Jane; June 26, 2013 at 6:13 PM
CERULEAN said...: Thank you, Jane.; June 30, 2013 at 2:16 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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