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Art and Fine Arts For those who want to know more about blue. A trip to the history of blue. The secret of blue that masters loved. The secret of blue that Katsushika Hokusai loved. The cobalt blue that Van Gogh admired as the color of God. The beautiful but gloomy blue by Picasso. The blue Suiren of Monet influenced many artists. The influence of blue in art history is incalculable. This book contains many visuals of famous works of art using blue. It introduces the interminable relationship between blue and works of art by an energetic French art history researcher. This book introduces the origins of various blue colors such as ores like Lapis Lazuli, which know the origin and history of blue, blue from plants such as indigo and pastel. You can get a panoramic view of the roots of major blue pigments on a world map. In addition, it introduces in an easy-to-understand way how natural pigments and synthetic pigments became colors that can be used as paints. Composition (excerpt) Blue / blue world map in arts / blue variation / Sphinx of Amenhotep III / Woman in blue (Vermeer) / pottery of Wedgewood / Great Wave off Kanagawa (Katsushika Hokusai) / Starry Night (Van gogh) / Bathwater (Cezanne) / self-portrait (Picasso) / blue Suiren (Monet) / blue nude 3 (Matisse) / very large water spray (Hochney) / Sea Watchers (Hopper) / blue of the sky (Kandinsky), etc. Composition (excerpt) Blue / blue world map in arts / blue variation / of Amenhotep III / Women in blue (Vermeer) / pottery of Wedgewood / Bathwater (Cezanne) / self-portrait (Picasso) / blue (Monet) / blue nude 3 (Matisse) / very large water spray (Hochney) / Sea Watchers (Hopper) / blue of the sky (Kandinsky), etc. Composition (excerpt) Blue / blue world map in arts / blue variation / From the Amenhofep III / From a woman in blue (Vermeer