The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture
- ISBN-10
- 1588391760
- ISBN-13
- 9781588391766
- Series
- The Cloisters
- Category
- Architecture, Medieval
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-01-01
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Authors
- Peter Barnet, Cloisters, Nancy Y. Wu
Description
"By surveying these elaborate tapestries, delicate carvings, and other objects in roughly the historical sequence in which they were created, we glimpse the evolving styles and artistic traditions of the Middle Ages and gain a more meaningful understanding of the contexts in which many of them appeared. Among the masterpieces on display at The Cloisters are the famed Unicorn Tapestries, the richly carved twelfth-century ivory cross associated with the abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, known as the "Cloisters Cross," the exquisite Annuciation triptych by the Netherlandish painter Robert Campin, and many fine examples of manuscript illumination, enameling, metalwork, and stained glass." "Complete with digital color photography, map, floor plan, and glossary, this book is a contemporary guide that will reward students and enthusiasts of the Middle Ages as well as visitors seeing the Museum for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.
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Other editions
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- 1992
- 459 pages
- Paperback
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- 1963
- 212 pages
- Paperback
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- 2012-11-27
- 211 pages
- Paperback
- Yale University Press
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