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Violent and sad, but most religious art is. Also, this is a tapestry! A crazy-huge-wall-sized tapestry! |
Here come some forgotten photos! Nik and I went up to the Cloisters way back in October (?!!), and had a nice walk around Fort Tryon park and in the
Cloisters museum. It's right up my alley with medieval art from the 9th-16th century Europe. I have a large fascination with religious and medieval art and basically anything with gold leaf on it makes my heart flutter.
The Met is my favorite museum in NYC by far, but I hadn't made it up to their
Cloisters branch yet. Plus, I timed it right, so we would be there when the leaves were changing. Leaf-peeping! It's so pretty there! Set in the scenic Fort Tryon park, along the Hudson River, it's a great day trip away from the city. I sounded like a guide-book just now.
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Terrible photo, but they keep the lights low to conserve all the tapestries. Another wall-sized tapestry, and probably what the museum is most known for. Absolutely love them. Poor 'lil unicorn dude... |
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Cool braids. |
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Teeny little handwritten/illustrated books! These were only like 3-4 inches wide. |
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This looks totally typical until you note the weird thing he is stabbing... |
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Pretty courtyard |
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The outside! |
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View of the George Washington Bridge |
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Fort Tryon Park |
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The arch! |
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Scenic overlook |
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Magnificent arch! |
Can't believe you got to see the Unicorn Tapestries in person! And those books look amazing. I haven't visited a museum in forever. I miss the experience. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteFun post!
ReplyDeleteThe braided heads are interesting - are they carved wood? Amazing work. And I think the museum should play "Don't Fence Me In" out of speakers around the famous unicorn tapestry. :-)
I'm almost speechless over those phenomenally eensy-weensy hand-written and illustrated books! How steady a hand, how sharp an eye, and what an abundance of patience the artisans had to possess! I can't begin to imagine.
As for the artist who created the image of the knight stabbing the strange creature, I think he was reincarnated as Maurice Sendak!
The scenery shots are really beautiful. And since it's blizzarding outside my windows right now, it was nice to see a pretty day with the fall foliage, so thanks for the trip back in time (in more ways than one!) :-)