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Symbolism Of Blue In Impressionist Paintings

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  Symbolism of blue in Pre-Renaissance As you may already know that every color has its own symbolism which can be depicted in art and our regular life. It has also been observed that most of the paintings contain primarily 3 colors one of which is the blue that fills in sky and water elements in a painting. But for generations, artists have been giving the blue color to various other objects in Impressionist paintings . Sometimes the blue contains the entirety of the painting no matter how big the Canvas is. There has been a shift from the general meaning of blue and it’s symbolism in today’s date. What began with the paintings of Virgin Mary has become melancholy paintings of artistic scenery or regular day to day objects. So in earlier days, the portraits of Madonna that were painted in blue, the color symbolizes royalty and wealth. That is largely because the color was quite expensive and it was acquired from lapis lazuli which was a rare stone from the Middle East. The importance