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Subject: Art History
Category: Arts and Entertainment
Asked by: 4bernie-ga
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Question ID: 595634 
What is the significance of the colors red & blue in Renaissance
paintings of the vergin Mary?
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Subject: Re: Art History
From: canadianhelper-ga on 20 Nov 2005 21:01 PST		  
The use of color is historic within the Catholic church...here is a
brief text covering this topic...

http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&id=EU74cB7kMMsC&dq=symbolism+of+blue&prev=://www.google.ca/search%3Fhl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLD%252CGGLD%253A2005-18%252CGGLD%253Aen%26q%3Dcolor%2Bsymbolism%2Bin%2Brenaissance%2Bart%26meta%3D&lpg=PA70&pg=PA70&sig=zQ9sTfbQoUY_n1MPtrfiFm_xL0Y
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