Dawn’s Doorway by Douguerreotype

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・ 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 (...)
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/alicatado-tiles-with-a-geometrical-composition/ogGWfP4fvJGJRg

・ 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(...)
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/grand-panorama-of-lisbon-downtown-castle-and-eastern-zone/vQEsOlqxNp7-GQ

・ 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(...)
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/alicatado-tiled-floor/PAFfgSn_Lm1ENw

・ 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(...)
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/lisbons-subway-sete-rios-station/EQEWRnDG84yjnw

・ 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(...)
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/panel-jorge-martins-ratton-cer%C3%A2micas/fQELxvXbHWXptA

・ Spanish-Moorish tiles panel ・

👤 Fernan Martinez Quijarro, 1503 A.D.
🏛️ Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro ・ Coimbra, Portugal

These "corda seca" tiles have a similar pattern to the mudejar ceilings and were imported from Seville in 1503 to decorate the Cathedral.
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/spanish-moorish-tiles-panel/OQG9OF9JxWPSCA

・ City ・

👤 Manual Cargaleiro / Fábrica de Cerâmica Viuva Lamego, 1988 (panel signed and dated)
🏛️ National Azulejo Museum ・ Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract composition representing the city of Lisbon.
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https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/city/hQHA-F9PMxENmQ