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sacré bleu: a comedy d'art
First introduced to this novel,sacré bleu: a comedy d'art by novelist Christopher Moore via Scott Simon's interview with Moore on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday.
interview link
Disclaimer: as yet, I have not read this novel. However, the subject is of interest and the selection of photos and images are inspirered by the book's introduction, interviews and reviews.
“(Moore) says, "I'd talk about it being a book about the color blue, and about solving the murder of Vincent van Gogh and the sort of mystical quality of making art. And it's funny."
"The translation of sacre bleu is sacred blue," says Moore. "In medieval times, the church said that if you are going to portray the Virgin Mary's cloak, it has to be in a certain shade of blue. And that blue must be ultramarine, because ultramarine blue is permanent. It doesn't go black or fade as organic colors do. And that is made essentially from crushed lapis lazuli, which is only available in Afghanistan. If you think about the 11th and 12th century, trying to get a stone from Afghanistan to Europe, for years and right up into the 19th century, was more valuable, weight for weight, than gold."
journal of the American Institute for Conservation
JAIC 1991, Volume 30, Number 2, Article 1
The identification of blue pigments in Early Sienese painting by color Infrared photography.