King Louis, pencil and charcoal on paper, 8x5" (20x13 cm.), 2001. Available: $200 US mailing included within USA.
In addition to a physics and a chemistry, color has a geography. Let's take indigo as an example: In the Middle Ages, the best indigo blue came from Baghdad, in modern Iraq. The blue that is still the most expensive natural pigment is manufactured from the semi-precious lapiz-lazuli, until recently mined in Afghanistan only. It is often called "ultramarine", because it comes from "beyond the sea".
King Louis, lapiz y carbon sobre papel. Disponible : $ 200 dolares, precio de envio incluido dentro de USA.
Ademas de una fisica y una quimica, el color tiene una geografia. Por ejemplo el indigo: en la Edad Media el mejor indigo venia de Baghdad, en el Iraq de hoy. El azul que todavia es el pigmento natural mas caro es el lapiz-lazuli, hasta hace poco solo se conseguia en Afghanistan. A menudo se le llama "ultramarino", porque viene de "mas alla del mar".
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