{"product_id":"penguin-random-house-blue-a-history-of-the-color-as-deep-as-the-sea-and-as-wide-as-the-sky-available-at-modern-rascals","title":"Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9781465485366 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"1071\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"slot-header\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the history and cultural significance of the color blue.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFrom a critically acclaimed author and an award-winning illustrator comes a vivid, gorgeous book for readers of all ages.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts of blue that their bodies would release.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the backs of African slaves. It wasn't until 1905, when Adolf von Baeyer created a chemical blue dye, that blue could be used for anything and everything--most notably that uniform of workers everywhere, blue jeans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith stunning illustrations by Caldecott Honor Artist Daniel Minter, this vibrant and fascinating picture book follows one color's journey through time and across the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more-link-wrap opened\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"seemoreenable\" height-fold=\"280\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39757325795393,"sku":"9781984894366","price":16.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1371\/1579\/files\/blue-a-history-of-the-color-as-deep-as-the-sea-and-as-wide-as-the-sky-penguin-random-house.jpg?v=1683438963","url":"https:\/\/centristecnologia.com\/products\/penguin-random-house-blue-a-history-of-the-color-as-deep-as-the-sea-and-as-wide-as-the-sky-available-at-modern-rascals","provider":"centristecnologia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}