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grinding Lapis Lazuli. It’s an excellent blue for a limited palette and you can even use it as a primary blue, adding<br />
just a touch of green to cool it down.<br />
During the Renaissance, it was such an expensive pigment because most of the Lapis Lazuli was only coming<br />
from one mine in Afghanistan. Artists used it sparingly and only reserved it for the most revered subjects like the<br />
Virgin Mary 1640-1<strong>65</strong>0 below from Giovanni Sassoferato.<br />
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<strong>SHILL</strong> <strong>Issue</strong> #<strong>65</strong>
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