Blue Roofs White Buildings Santorini Island Oia Greece Watercolor Painting
I love painting Blue Roofs and Dome of Santorini Island. The small village Oia is amazingly cute and snug; the roofs remind me the color of the sea and sky at the same time.
This watercolor painting is the part of my Travel Around The World Collection.
Here is a little bit of history:
Santorini is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago, which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. The island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, which occurred about 3,600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of meters deep.
It is the most active volcanic center in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc. The region first became volcanically active around 3-4 million years ago.
Little town Oia has around 1600 inhabitants. Oia was previously known as Apäno Meria ("upper side. The Ancient Greek Oia was one of the two harbors of ancient Thera and was located in the southeast of the island, where Kamari is now. Oia reached the peak of prosperity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its economic prosperity was based on its merchant fleet, which plied trade in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially from Alexandria to Russia. The two-story captains' houses built on the highest part of the village are a reminder of the village's former affluence. Part of the town was destroyed by the 1956 earthquake.
The town is noted for its white and blue domed houses. The houses are painted in white lime water so that the rainwater which falls over it runs down and can be collected. The other reason for painting the houses white is for aesthetic purposes. The other explanation given is that during the Ottoman rule of Greece, which lasted for over 400 years, Greeks were not allowed to fly their white flag. In defiance, in Oia they painted their entire housing complex in white with domes giving the village an effective white perspective and elegance. Impressive houses in the town are those "cliff houses" built in the niches carved into the caldera slopes with provision of air-filled pumice which provides insulation benefits to the building, keeping it warm in winter and cool in summer.
Grand thanks to the International Art Collector from Uppsala, Sweden, for purchasing this artwork:
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Many thanks to the Art Collector from BRYN MAWR, PA for purchasing print of this artwork:
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Grand thanks to the Art Collector from Stewartsville, NJ for purchasing a print with this artwork:
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My appreciation goes to the Art Collector from Richmond, VA for purchasing a nice canvas print with this Monet House in Giverny France watercolor:
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Many many thanks to the Art Collector from Midland, GA for purchasing print with this artwork:
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