A Brief History of Blue

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• A visual landscape in Georgia O'Keeffe, Agnes Martin, and Hilma af Klint’s paintings-02
  Collage created for welcome page by Gloriana Amador.
• "Blue: The History of a Color" by Michel Pastoureau
  Beautifully illustrated, Blue tells the intriguing story of our favorite color and the cultures that have hated it, loved it, and made it essential to some of our greatest works of art. ISBN-10: 0691090505 ISBN-13: 9780691090504
• Chefcaouen, Morocco
  The city of Chefchaouen, Morocco is packed with building painted in bright blue pigment. This was not the case when Chefchaouen was founded, but in the 1930's a large influx of Jews escaping the Nazi regime took refuge in Morocco and brought with them the tradition of painting buildings blue.
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque
  Interior of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. The tiles are all hand painted with blue pigment.
• Lamentation of Christ
  The Lamentation of Christ is a painting found in the Scrovegni Chapel. It depicts the biblical scene of Jesus being taken down from the cross.
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• The Nativity
• Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin
• Above the Clouds I
• Ram's Head, White Hollyhock-Hills
• Mary Berenson (née Smith)
• Mary Berenson (née Smith)
• Foca (Seal)
  Miniature from folio 106r from Der naturen bloeme (KB KA 16) by Jacob van Maerlant. Depicts what the artist believed a seal to look like.
• Eleus (sea-calf)
  miniature from folio 106r from Der naturen bloeme (KB KA 16) by Jacob van Maerlant. Depicts the artists idea of what a sea-calf looks like.
• Virgin and Child
• Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
• Seven Ages of Woman
• Ladder to the Moon
• Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk
• Pagan Gods: Moloch
• XII. Sir Galahad Passes from the Land
• The Muses of Inspiration Hail the Spirit, the Messenger of Light
• Oral Tradition
• Anarchy
• Summer