Individual Presentation or Panel Title
Into the Blue: The Universal Essence of Color Between Lapis Lazuli and Mayan Blue
Abstract
We will present an in medias res timeline that accumulates our research on the history of the pigments lapis lazuli and Mayan blue. Upon investigating the color blue and its origins, we failed to come across any research that connected the symbolic meaning of ultramarine and Mayan blue in their differing cultures. Ample research exists that analyzes the meanings of each hue of blue in their separate cultures and how they developed meaning through history. However, we recognized a similarity in symbolic meaning for both hues of blue despite the vast geographical distance and cultural differences. This is where our search began, with the simple question of how did these two vastly different cultures and regions develop, through history, such a similar meaning for blue? Our project is interdisciplinary in that we are measuring the similarities between differing cultures using color as our tool. In addition, we will be presenting our findings in a “Blue Experience” museum exhibition that uses different media to communicate our thesis.
Location
Ballator Gallery
Start Date
11-4-2015 1:30 PM
End Date
11-4-2015 2:20 PM
Into the Blue: The Universal Essence of Color Between Lapis Lazuli and Mayan Blue
Ballator Gallery
We will present an in medias res timeline that accumulates our research on the history of the pigments lapis lazuli and Mayan blue. Upon investigating the color blue and its origins, we failed to come across any research that connected the symbolic meaning of ultramarine and Mayan blue in their differing cultures. Ample research exists that analyzes the meanings of each hue of blue in their separate cultures and how they developed meaning through history. However, we recognized a similarity in symbolic meaning for both hues of blue despite the vast geographical distance and cultural differences. This is where our search began, with the simple question of how did these two vastly different cultures and regions develop, through history, such a similar meaning for blue? Our project is interdisciplinary in that we are measuring the similarities between differing cultures using color as our tool. In addition, we will be presenting our findings in a “Blue Experience” museum exhibition that uses different media to communicate our thesis.