CERULEAN: buried treasures II, cardboards

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

buried treasures II, cardboards

Some more works from "the stacked archive".

All 2001, no titles, mixed media on paper/collage, size +/- A4 or smaller.

6 comments:

Roberta Warshaw said...: These are all quite lovely.; July 3, 2013 at 3:09 AM
Cate Rose said...: I LOVE these!!; July 3, 2013 at 3:40 AM
Jo Murray said...: Definitely something ancient about these.; July 3, 2013 at 9:14 PM
Unknown said...: Isn't it amazing to go back through art made more than a few years back and find such treasures? Love these!; July 4, 2013 at 1:45 AM
Seth said...: I do so love when you show your work in multiples or in the form of a mosaic. It becomes even more powerful when presented that way.; July 5, 2013 at 2:18 AM
CERULEAN said...: Thank you for your kind comments.; July 9, 2013 at 5:09 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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buried treasures II, cardboards

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