0:60ART & MUSIC
Ground lapis from one Afghan valley painted the sky. It cost more than gold, so patrons told painters to use less.
The Blue That Cost More Than Gold
Ultramarine came from one valley in Afghanistan, and patrons rationed it.
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Pigments, sound and the ideas behind the pictures: a colour that cost more than gold, a chord the church tried to ban, a painting that was really an argument about time. Art told through the constraints artists worked inside.
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