The blue Raphael
Even Raphael, as well as Giotto, need a lot of blue.
The blue Raphael, as well as being the color of the sky and of Water is the symbol of purity, it gives life to the other colors, it lends itself to every nuance in the dreamย ……
… .Serve to create the background light that illuminates the figures in the Holy Lady of the Goldfinch …
… Enhances and cleans at the same time the nakedness of bodies in … Galatea.
… .Moves the draping of the prophet Isaiah …
… .it emphasize forms, it helps to give a sense of depth to the Madonna Connestabile …
… It gives authority to the majestic figures of Raphael, as in Jacob’s Ladder ….
… .And is so loved by the disciples of the school Umbro – Raffaellesca that they must be called to order from master to restrict the use of expensive pigments blues ….
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