Bonita Lisboa!

LISBOA. Lisbon, Portugal. I’ll absolutely return to that beautiful city with its warm-hearted people. Four-and-a-half days merely introduced me, but inspired me for time to come. (I already envision images of new paintings to create.)

The PATTERNING absolutely everywhere! The tiled walls, the patterned sidewalks, the cobblestones of every size, the ancient signage. Swoon. So visually exciting.

Museums and Monuments Galore:

MUDE Design Museum (of course)
Currently with shows of Vivienne Westwood Fashion; 50 Years of Portuguese Fashion; Selections from the Permanent Collection: and a João Machado Design Retrospective.
https://mude.pt/design-museum/

Electricity Factory
“The permanent exhibition presents original machinery in a perfect state of conservation, telling the story of this old plant, as well as the evolution of electricity up to renewable energies.”
https://www.maat.pt/en/event/electricity-factory
Part of MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
https://www.maat.pt/en
And MAAT’s sweeping, riverside architecture of the British firm, Amanda Levete Architects

National Coach Museum – Museu Nacional dos Coches
Cinderalla-type carriages from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
https://www.museusemonumentos.pt/en/museus-e-monumentos/national-coach-museum

Monument to the Discoveries – Padrão dos Doscubrimentos
“A stylised caravel seems to be setting out to sea, with Henry the Navigator in its prow. On the two lateral ramps ascending to the symbolic figure of the Prince are some of the significant characters of the Portuguese overseas expansion and cultural names from the age of the Discoveries, 32 in total, all portrayed with symbols that allude to their identity: navigators, cartographers, warriors, colonisers, missionaries, chroniclers and artists.”
https://padraodosdescobrimentos.pt/en/monument-to-the-discoveries/