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The story of ultramarine

Chapter 1

The stone from the sky

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Chapter 2

Sacred blues of the ancient world

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Chapter 3

The birth of ultramarine

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Chapter 4

The great chemistry race

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Chapter 5

Out of the blue

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Ch 3 · The birth of ultramarine
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Little Blue Maker

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It crossed the seas and cost much more than gold, Leaving blank canvas where the stories were told.

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Fun Fact

Vermeer's debt: Johannes Vermeer went heavily into debt to buy ultramarine for 'Girl with a Pearl Earring,' leaving his family broke when he passed away.

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Glossary
ultramarine (noun)
A brilliant deep blue pigment originally made by grinding the semiprecious stone lapis lazuli. Historically, artists obtained this precious pigment from lapis lazuli mined in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.

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Quiz

Which Renaissance master left 'The Entombment' unfinished in 1501 because he lacked ultramarine?

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Gossip

If you were a Renaissance painter, would you use cheaper blue?

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How did Renaissance artists typically acquire the expensive pigment ultramarine?

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What does the Latin word 'ultramarinus,' the source of the word ultramarine, mean?

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Who wrote the 1437 handbook 'Il Libro dell'Arte' detailing how to extract pure ultramarine?

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At its peak value in Renaissance Europe, how did the price of ultramarine compare to gold?

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Which 17th-century Dutch painter went deeply into debt partly due to his obsession with ultramarine?

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What substance was used in the Renaissance extraction process to trap impurities from ground lapis?

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Which religious figure's robes were traditionally painted with ultramarine in medieval and Renaissance art?

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