Lapis lazuli

Blue is not known to be an “earth color” meaning you can’t find it in the soil. Only in rare cases of mining deep into the earth can we hope to extract some clue. The first sign of natural blue came about 6,000 years ago from Lapis Lazuli. This precious stone was mined in Afghanistan, and was known to be powdered down to use for eyeshadow for Cleopatra. Blue was known to be a sacred color and was expensive and extremely valuable until its mass production. We can associate this with…

The Stela of Satsobek (Fig. 1) was acquired by the Michael C. Carlos Museum in 2007 as a gift in honor of Dr. Gay Robins (Burell et al. 17). Although no excavation location is explicitly stated in the object’s catalogue entry, it is assumed that the country of origin of this gift is Egypt. The stela is made of limestone and measures 51.4 centimeters in height, 32.4 centimeters in width, and 7.3 centimeters in depth (Burell et al. 17). This stela is dated to the early Middle Kingdom between…

Paris is one of the world’s most famous locations! It is best known for its amazing monuments and amazing attractions. The city of Paris, France, goes way back to more than 2000 years back in time. Lots of people think Paris has some of the most interesting history to it in all its years. In 52 B.C. Julius Caesar took control of the city of Paris when it was just starting to grow into a huge civilization, and it was just a little fishing village for the new people there. Back then when it was…

Jakob has to show Yavy the colors around him so that he is not afraid. Jakob tells him, “I am not afraid, Da. Can see a tree with high branches. Lead white its trunk, streaked with ochre, and behind, always the blue of the sky that is full of that lapis lazuli, the sound of a lullaby. Bluer than it’s ever been, Da” and Yavy responds, “Yes,” “Bluer than it’s ever been” (Hawdon, 2015, Part 5, Chapter 49). Jakob had reassured his father that there was color in the world and that he had nothing to…

spectrum of shades known in Britain and Ireland until that time. However the most fascinating fact was that they were gathered and brought to the Abbey from all over the world. So for example colours were bought from places such as Afghanistan, where lapis lazuli was processed, producing an astonishing blue shade, as well as the Mediterranean region.(manuscripts of the eightand early ninth centuries,page 104). On the other hand is really amazing how in a work of art of that scale, there is…

To understand the process of ageing as a mass phenomenon and the attempt to break away from the existing structures of the normative and stereotypes, one needs to understand the constant tension between the personal narrative and the cultural narrative, what Hannah Zeiling calls as the meta -narrative. A life course in today’s typical gen industrial world is preeminently structured. It includes the age based transitions recorded and legitimized by the state which further authenticate certain…