CERULEAN: autumn colors

Monday, September 10, 2018

autumn colors

For the TAW challenge, "autumn colors",

A long totem, the passing of time and colors,

somewhere between summer and autumn.

size: 8 x 100 cm (+/- 3,15 x 39,37 inch)

4 comments:

Michele said...: wow! i love the flow of this piece! xo; September 11, 2018 at 7:34 AM
ULKAU said...: A really great work, wonderfully put together!
Greetings Ulrike; September 11, 2018 at 9:42 AM
Seth said...: I really love these. The colors sing.; September 14, 2018 at 4:19 AM
Linn Heinz said...: such a long artwork, lol...; November 13, 2018 at 3:14 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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Monday, September 10, 2018

autumn colors

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