Ultramarine blue

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The color's rise in the West coincided with the popularity of the Virgin Mary during the Renaissance. Most artists at the time, were using ultramarine to paint Madonna's gown. To extract Ultramarine, lapis lazuli mineral is first mixed with turpentine and linseed oil/wax and then heated together to form a paste. The later is then kneaded in an alkaline solution. The blue washes out and sinks to the bottom after multiple kneading.

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“Ultramarine blue is a colour illustrious, beautiful, and most perfect, beyond all other colours; one could not say anything about it, or do anything with it, that its quality would not still surpass.” Cennino Cennini Originally mined from the distant mountains of Afghanistan, ultramarine’s vivid, reddish blue has a dazzling, mystical beauty that has fascinated...

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We put ‘International’ in ‘International Blue’. 💙 Did you know that this ultramarine blue colour was originally created by the French artist Yves Klein, and named International Klein Blue? Well, allow us to put the ‘International’ in our own version of ‘International Blue’ — Electric Blue, with some stats that no one asked for (but everyone will love). Thanks to our international delivery, our bestselling Electric Blue colour now resides in 9 countries and 825 cities and the quantities…

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'Love is Blue' Oil Painting by Jessica Dunn. Part of my recent BLUE series Deep shades of Ultramarine blue and the wonderful new Dioxazine Blue, moving through lighter hues creating drama and luminocity Silver box frame approx. 64cm x 64cm. Free shipping in Portugal.

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Does the world really need another beanbag chair? That was the question that presented itself to the Stockholm-based trio Form Us With Love when they visited the factory of Swedish furniture manufacturer Voice in the summer of 2009. “We were led on a tour of the facilities by the managing director,” they say. “Upon arrival at a production line of beanbags, the director stopped. The facility, once churning out bags by the minute, now stood motionless. Trend and low-quality copies had severely…

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