CERULEAN: buried treasures III, cardboards

Friday, August 2, 2013

buried treasures III, cardboards

All 2003, no title, mixed media on paper / collage, size +/- A4.

4 comments:

Cate Rose said...: I love these!; August 2, 2013 at 2:57 AM
Lari Washburn said...: I love your cardboard work! And thanks for visiting my blog...I'll check out the site you found!; August 7, 2013 at 2:41 AM
CERULEAN said...: Thanks for your comments.; August 12, 2013 at 12:24 AM
Carole Reid said...: Isn't rough cardboard fabulous to work on!!!!; August 21, 2013 at 7:31 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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Friday, August 2, 2013

buried treasures III, cardboards

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