A History of Art in Three Colours
Season 1 • Episode 2: Blue • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: Blue
August 1, 2012 • 59 min
Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even altered the course of history. When, in the Middle Ages, the precious blue stone lapis lazuli arrived in Europe from the East, blue became the most exotic and mysterious of colours.
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