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Blue: a History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Item #:
9781984894366
Price:
$18.99
For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most
sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters
ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their
paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny
amounts of blue that their bodies would release.
And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American
plantations grew it as a cash crop on the backs of African
slaves. It wasn't until 1905, when Adolf von Baeyer created a
chemical blue dye, that blue could be used for anything and
everything--most notably that uniform of workers everywhere,
blue jeans.This picture book examines the many layers of
cultural and historical significance that surround the color
blue, and traces its history as a commodity, a symbol, a
feeling, and a form of artistic expression.
Book, 40 pages.
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