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  1. ・ Chequered and cut out panel ・

    👤 Querubim Lapa, 1991
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    Querubim Lapa (b. 1925 – d. 2016) belongs to that generation of artists that was responsible for the modern renewal of artistic ceramics in Portugal. In Lisbon he attended Afonso Domingues Industrial School and António Arroio School, where he b(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  2. ・ The shepherds ・

    👤 Maria Keil, 1955
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    Maria Keil (b. 1914 – d. 2012) developed a vast oeuvre in painting, illustration, engraving, tapestry and azulejos. As far these last are concerned she made a name by being the first Portuguese artist to give azulejos a modern look, based on th(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  3. ・ Façade azulejo panel with roses pattern ・

    👤 Massarelos Factory, 1890/1900
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    The semi-industrial and industrial production of pattern azulejos for façade revetment in urban buildings had its main production centres in Lisbon, Porto and Gaia. Few of the factories of the second half of the 19th century, which were respons(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  4. This week's Ericeira, Portugal doors: azulejo checkerboard tile, a scrollwork door under São Miguel the Archangel, and cobalt doors guarded by a ceramic dolphin.

    Vote: doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-

    #DoorsGloriousDoors #DailyDoor #Azulejo

  5. Three doors from one afternoon in Ericeira, Portugal, all the same shade of blue but nothing else alike. One sits under a checkerboard wall of azulejo tile. One has a devotional tile of São Miguel, Saint Michael the Archangel, spearing the dragon above the frame. One is watched over by a small ceramic dolphin, a nod to this surf town's relationship with the Atlantic. Same paint can, three different stories.
    #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #Azulejo

  6. 🎨 Oh, #Azulejo, the masterpiece of #web etiquette! Apparently, all it takes to access the holy grail of content is understanding an obscure error message and jumping through hoops of links as if we're in the Olympics of User-Agent gymnastics. 🏆 Who knew respecting robot policies could be this exhilarating? 🚀
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azulejo #Etiquette #UserAgent #ErrorMessages #RobotPolicies #Olympiad #HackerNews #ngated

  7. ・ Corda-seca tiles with geometrical knotwork motifs ・

    👤 Unknown, 15th-16th century -
    🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, Portugal

    Wall covering of the Sala das Pegas (Magpie Room) at the National Palace of Sintra, with a Mudejar pattern of a star-shaped motif with a powerful chromatic effect. This room was used to receive the realm’s most notable figures and foreign ambas(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  8. ・ Tiles panel of the "single figure" ・

    👤 Unknown author, 17th - 18th century
    🏛️ Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro ・ Coimbra, Portugal

    Tiles of the "single figure" pattern, so typical of Coimbra production, are notable for their decorative effect. They had their origins in the Delft tiles imported from 1675.
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  9. ・ Pattern azulejos, Fabrica Roseira ・

    👤 Fabrica Roseira, 1833/1880
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    From the mid-19th century onwards the taste for covering the façades of buildings in azulejos lent colour and rhythm to the austere urban landscape of Portugal. Fábrica Roseira in Lisbon produced a large part of these stamped faience azulejos.
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  10. ・ Aresta tiles with a vegetal renaissance motif ・

    👤 Unknown, 16th century -
    🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, Portugal

    A group of aresta tiles placed on the altar located on the right side of the Palatine Chapel at the National Palace of Sintra. In the late 15th century, a new process for separating colours was introduced into Spain. This was known as the “ares(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  11. ・ Alicatado tiles with a geometrical composition ・

    👤 Unknown, 16th century -
    🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, Portugal

    In the rich decoration of the so-called Sala Árabe (Arab Room), from the time of King Manuel I, the most outstanding feature is the panels of geometrical tiles that create a three-dimensional optical illusion, topped by friezes of relief tiles (...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  12. ・ Plaque panel, replica of the revetment at the Portuguese Embassy in Brazilia ・

    👤 Querubim Lapa, 1991
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    Querubim Lapa (b. 1925 – d. 2016) belongs to that generation of artists that was responsible for the modern renewal of artistic ceramics in Portugal. In Lisbon he attended Afonso Domingues Industrial School and António Arroio School, where he b(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

    artsandculture.google.com/asse

  13. ・ The shepherds ・

    👤 Maria Keil, 1955
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    Maria Keil (b. 1914 – d. 2012) developed a vast oeuvre in painting, illustration, engraving, tapestry and azulejos. As far these last are concerned she made a name by being the first Portuguese artist to give azulejos a modern look, based on th(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

    artsandculture.google.com/asse

  14. ・ Alicatado tiles with a geometrical composition ・

    👤 Unknown, 16th century -
    🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, Portugal

    In the rich decoration of the so-called Sala Árabe (Arab Room), from the time of King Manuel I, the most outstanding feature is the panels of geometrical tiles that create a three-dimensional optical illusion, topped by friezes of relief tiles (...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  15. ・ Grand panorama of Lisbon - downtown, castle and eastern zone ・

    👤 Gabriel Del Barco (attrib.), 1700
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    This extraordinary work, one of the most important in the collection of the National Azulejo Museum, is a unique iconographic document for the history of Lisbon, for it shows the most complete view of Lisbon from the River Tagus before the eart(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  16. ・ Alicatado tiled floor ・

    👤 Unknown, 15th century -
    🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, Portugal

    The Palatine Chapel at the National Palace of Sintra, used for Christian worship, is heavily marked by Mudejar influences in the decoration of its carved wooden ceiling, and also in its alicatado tiled floor.Until the second half of the 15th ce(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  17. ・ Lisbon's subway - Sete Rios station ・

    👤 Julio Resende / Fábrica de Cerâmica Viúva Lamego, 1995
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    1995 replica of a lining section of the Sete Rios station of Lisbon’s subway. Júlio Resende was invited to design the decoration of this station. The proximity of the Zoo dictated the decorative theme of an exotic fauna and flora portrayed in w(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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  18. ・ Panel ・

    👤 Jorge Martins / Ratton Cerâmicas, 1988/1993
    🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

    In 1987, Ratton Cerâmicas was founded in Lisbon. This gallery, whose aim to simulate and publicize the creation of contemporaneous tiles by Portuguese and foreigner artists, has encouraged them to show interest in the specific types and techniq(...)
    #portugal #museum #azulejo

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