and Future Trends

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selling them to an elite clientele that included movie stars

once costly and elusive

many of them published here for the first time

Blue: From Ancient Egypt to Yves Klein loqi and Future TrendsDiscover how the color blue evolved from a rare and sacred pigment to a powerful tool of artistic expressionfrom medieval altarpieces to modernist experiments. From the cobalt glazes of ancient Egypt to Yves Kleins bold monochromes, blue has carried meanings both sacred and subversive across eras. Along the way, blue has been a symbol of power and purity, of sorrow and transcendence. This book traces how those meanings, symbolism, and iconography