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According to UNESCO, an estimated three million shipwrecks are scattered in the oceans’ deep canyons, trenches, and coral reefs and remain undiscovered. These shipwrecks preserve historical information and provide clues about how people lived...

Bath, the famous spa town in Somerset England, has attracted people from near and far for centuries to its healing springs and baths. Today the city is known for its beautiful Georgian architecture and as the destination for the wealthy elite...

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 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 1871 oil on wood, Nocturne in Blue and Green: Chelsea, by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the American painter.

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 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 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...

An 1875 oil on canvas painting, Blue Venice, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Manet visited Venice in 1875 and produced some of his most impressionistic paintings. Apparently, Manet postponed his departure from the...

A c. 1866 still life in oils, Sugar Bowl, Pears, and Blue Cup, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. The dark background, vibrant and contrasting colours, and thick application of paint with a palette knife are...