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Lusoteca・ Grand panorama of Lisbon - Alcântara and Santos ・👤 Gabriel Del Barco (attrib.), 1700 🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, PortugalThis 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(...) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portugal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/azulejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#azulejo</a><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/grand-panorama-of-lisbon-alcntara-and-santos/PAHVoaeiWsb1Qw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/grand-panorama-of-lisbon-alcntara-and-santos/PAHVoaeiWsb1Qw</a>

Lusoteca・ Relief tiles with corncob/fleur-de-lis motif ・👤 Unknown, 16th century - 🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, PortugalRelief tile panel with the motif of a head of corn in the shape of a fleur-de-lis. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portugal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/azulejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#azulejo</a><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/relief-tiles-with-corncob-fleur-de-lis-motif-unknown/-QE3DdY6q2QGPg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/relief-tiles-with-corncob-fleur-de-lis-motif-unknown/-QE3DdY6q2QGPg</a>

Lusoteca・ Corda-seca tiles with geometrical knotwork motifs ・👤 Unknown, 15th-16th century - 🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, PortugalWall 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(...) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portugal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/azulejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#azulejo</a><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/corda-seca-tiles-with-geometrical-knotwork-motifs/7QG4Jk8GZdiyOw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/corda-seca-tiles-with-geometrical-knotwork-motifs/7QG4Jk8GZdiyOw</a>

Lusoteca・ 12 x 12 Pattern Module ・👤 1622/1674 🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, PortugalKnown to have been applied between the 1620s and the 1670s, this pattern is constituted by 12x12 modules, thus requiring a total of 144 azulejos. This is the largest pattern designed in the world and is currently called "Marvila pattern", becau(...) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portugal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/azulejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#azulejo</a><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/12-x-12-pattern-module/HAH9D7AzfqA0Sw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/12-x-12-pattern-module/HAH9D7AzfqA0Sw</a>

Lusoteca・ Façade azulejo panel with roses pattern ・👤 Massarelos Factory, 1890/1900 🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, PortugalThe 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(...) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portugal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/azulejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#azulejo</a><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/faade-azulejo-panel-with-roses-pattern/KQFO786eiq7neg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/faade-azulejo-panel-with-roses-pattern/KQFO786eiq7neg</a>

Lusoteca・ Alicatado tiles forming a volute composition ・👤 Unknown, 16th century - 🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, Portugal<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portugal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/azulejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#azulejo</a><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/alicatado-tiles-forming-a-volute-composition/MQGrNTVuqwl6sg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/alicatado-tiles-forming-a-volute-composition/MQGrNTVuqwl6sg</a>

Lusoteca・ Relief tile with a motif of vine leaves and bunches of grapes ・👤 Workshop of Juan Sánchez Vaquero (attributed), c.1508 - 🏛️ National Palace of Sintra ・ Sintra, PortugalThe walls of the Sala dos Archeiros (Archers’ Room) are lined with relief tiles, decorated with a motif of vine leaves and bunches of grapes and using a technique in which the clay is moulded with high-relief forms. This represented an entirely(...) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portugal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#museum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/azulejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#azulejo</a><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/relief-tile-with-a-motif-of-vine-leaves-and-bunches-of-grapes/XgGkc6h-lJK-PA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/relief-tile-with-a-motif-of-vine-leaves-and-bunches-of-grapes/XgGkc6h-lJK-PA</a>

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