Friday, February 7, 2014

Sacred Blue


That's what Sacre Bleu (the title of the book I wrote about yesterday) means.

The term refers to a certain (very expensive) colour of blue that was only to be used in art for the Virgin Mary's cloak, thus "sacred" blue.

The Virgin of the Annunciation by Fra Angelico, 1432
fresco, Friary of San Marco, Florence, Italy

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