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Glazed blue ceramic tiles or azulejos are everywhere in Portugal. They decorate the winding streets of the capital, Lisbon. They cover the walls of train stations, restaurants, bars, public murals, and fountains, churches, and altar fronts...

The 'Ladies in Blue' fresco is a recreated fresco from the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. It shows three women richly dressed and lavishly bejeweled depicted against a blue background. This fresco (or rather, fragments of it) was...

An 1878 oil on canvas, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. The art historian J. H. Rubin notes: "The sense of casual observation and intimacy, combined with a wilful use of blue...

The Blue Virgin window of Chartres Cathedral, France, 1190-1220 CE. The four central panels date to the mid-12th century CE. The stained glass window shows the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus.

A selection of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE) blue-and-white porcelain. From Chenghua reign, 1465-1487 CE. (British Museum, London)

A shallow blue glaze porcelain bowl of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE). The white relief decoration shows songbirds on flowering prunus branches. From the noted porcelain centre Jingdezhen, China. Diameter: 17.8 cm. 1573-1620 CE. (British...

The interior of the central dome of the Blue Mosque/Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul. The mosque was completed in 1616 CE during the reign of Ahmed I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1603-1617 CE).

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Still Life with Blue Enamel Coffeepot, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in May in Arles in southern France. Van Gogh enclosed a sketch of this painting in a letter...

An 1873-5 painting in oils, Flowers in a Blue Vase, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Here Cézanne is keen to show texture, form, and the bright colours and their reflections and shadows. This was painted...

Upper part of a hollow blue glazed composition relief in the form of Bes, god of childbirth, fertility, sexuality, humor, and war, who served primarily as a protector god of pregnant women and children.