Difference between revisions of "Caeruleum"
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | cerulean blue; azul | + | cerulean blue; azul cerúleo (Esp.); ceruleo (It.); azul cerúleo (Port.) |
== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
| − | * | + | * Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) |
| − | * | + | * Kurt Wehlte, ''The Materials and Techniques of Painting'', Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1975 |
* ''The Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Pigments" | * ''The Dictionary of Art'', Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Pigments" | ||
Revision as of 07:42, 24 July 2013
Description
Latin for sky-blue. The name caeruleum was first used for Egyptian blue. In the 19th century a synthetic sky-blue pigment composed of cobalt stannate was introduced first as caeruleum but was later changed to cerulean blue.
Synonyms and Related Terms
cerulean blue; azul cerúleo (Esp.); ceruleo (It.); azul cerúleo (Port.)
Authority
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Kurt Wehlte, The Materials and Techniques of Painting, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1975
- The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Pigments"