CERULEAN: namaste

Monday, September 11, 2017

namaste

For the SPA challenge this week: namaste.

Collage, digitally altered, 10 x 15 cm.

3 comments:

Cindy McMath said...: Gorgeous colours Eric, as always. I admire your style.; September 14, 2017 at 7:57 AM
Mandy Chilvers said...: I love the style of your artwork. fab; September 16, 2017 at 9:54 PM
Caterina Giglio said...: NAMASTE to you too and beautiful work!!; September 22, 2017 at 11:59 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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