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ultramarine

A blue pigment originally made from the gemstone lapis lazuli. Web resource here. Videos here and here and here.

UltramarineGiotto di Bondone. Ceiling of the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua (detail). Fresco. 1305-1306.

 

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