Like in any other museum, there is so much to see, read and enjoy at the Cloisters – a visit of a few hours is not enough. Still we managed to snap a few photos of some items of interest. Late 15th century Spanish covered chalice with silver, gilded with Read more…
The Bonnefont cloisters are assembled from a number of French monasteries. Today, it has 21 double capitals with marbles highly ornate and decorated. You find peace by coming to terms with what you don’t know. ~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb The MET Cloisters, NYC – March 31, 2018
The Met Cloisters has 3 cloisters (a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other). We spent longer time at the Cuxa Cloisters. The columns in this cloister were sourced from the Read more…
The Hunt of the Unicorn or the Unicorn Tapestries is a series of seven tapestries (a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or furniture covering) dating from between 1495 and 1505 and is one of the most Read more…
Another reason for visiting the Big Apple is the MET Cloisters. Located on four acres overlooking the Hudson River in northern Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, the MET Cloisters is the branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET) dedicated to the art, architecture, and gardens of medieval Europe. Deriving its Read more…