This shows the humanistic value people added to Tyrian purple still lingers in our conscious even when purple itself ceased to fulfill a function of dividing social classes for a long time. Is true that purple has lost its function. However, that time periods still live-in people’s mind of imagination and memory. It’s true that the time when Tyrian purple were used as a class distinguishment has gone. Message: from the perspective of this piece, we cannot decide whether we should call the Synthetic Tyrian purple Tyrian purple. However, the viewer still feels as if there are traces of purple inside the room. When the smokes fade out, there are no signs of the bubbles have existed. In the history, emperors and dynasties change and change, every time there was revolution, and a new leader came into charge, most of them will tries their best to eliminate the influence of the previous leader, such as changing to belief system, using a new ideology, etc, preventing them to make a comeback. However, just like the bubbles, though it inflates and inflates, when it gets big enough – it collapses.
Just like the bubbles, the extravagant life of the nobles is beautiful. They were willing to kill 12000 Murex just for 1.4 grams of dye for the mere purpose of showing off their social status. The purple light here symbolizes the luxurious lifestyle of royalty. This series of artwork is meant to show our imagination of the life of the nobles. Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
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