"There is no blue without yellow and without orange." Vincent Van Gogh
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| "Starry Night over the Rhone" Vincent Van Gogh 1888 |
The search for the perfect blue.....trace the story
From the stones, tiles and mosaics of the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic World, the European Renaissance, a little plant isatis tinctoria and the 'war of the blues' over indigo and woad, to the discovery by Impressionist painters that "the shadows were full of colour".
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| "The Four Trees" Claude Monet 1891 painted from his boat in the River Epte near Giverny |
Vincent wrote to his brother Theo: "Cobalt (blue) is a divine colour and there is nothing so beautiful for putting atmosphere around things."
ReplyDeleteHi Nanette,
ReplyDeleteYes,for Van Gogh, blue is a color of divinity.
For the Islam, is it serenity?
the Blue Mosque.
Best regards,
edgar