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Literary notes about Peru (AI summary)

While most references in the examples treat “Peru” as a geographic designation, a couple of texts hint at an evocative, color‐like use that merits attention. For instance, a work titled simply “Painting, Peru” [1] can be read as invoking a visual palette—its terse name suggesting that, beyond a country, “Peru” might also conjure the warm, earthy hues reminiscent of sunbaked adobe and rustic landscapes. In another instance, the mention of “Blue Cloth of Peru” [2] invites the reader to consider a chromatic interplay, where the cool blue of the textile is set against an implied background of the naturally rich, earthen tone that the word “Peru” can evoke. In these cases, the color “peru” becomes more than a label for a nation—it serves as a subtle literary device, imbuing descriptions with an atmospheric, tactile warmth that echoes the rugged beauty of its namesake land.
  1. Painting, Peru.
    — from Art in Shell of the Ancient AmericansSecond annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to theSecretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, pages179-306 by William Henry Holmes
  2. 2 Rolls Blue Cloth of Peru.
    — from Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Ralph Delahaye Paine

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