.jpg?account_id=muzeul-astra)
Recommendation 1
Blue has been an important color in art and decoration since the beginning of mankind. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in ancient Egypt for jewelry and ornaments, and later, during the Renaissance, it was used to make ultramarine pigment, the most expensive of all pigments. In the 8th century, Chinese artists used cobalt blue to color porcelain. In the Middle Ages, European artists used it for stained glass in cathedrals.
🌊People painted their houses blue to demonstrate their social status, to distinguish themselves from others, to show their affiliation with a group, ethnicity, or simply to stand out.
Whether it was a mill, a goldsmith's house, a fisherman's house from the Danube Delta, a Hungarian potter's house, a Saxon house, a shepherd's cottage or a furrier's house, every blue house in the Open Air Museum has a story to tell.
🌊People painted their houses blue to demonstrate their social status, to distinguish themselves from others, to show their affiliation with a group, ethnicity, or simply to stand out.
Whether it was a mill, a goldsmith's house, a fisherman's house from the Danube Delta, a Hungarian potter's house, a Saxon house, a shepherd's cottage or a furrier's house, every blue house in the Open Air Museum has a story to tell.
