Catholic Church

Jean Pucelle

Cloisters (Museum)

The Hours of Jeanne D'Evreux, Queen of France

James Joseph Rorimer

The Building and the Collection of Mediaeval Art in Fort Tryon Park

The Cloisters

A Special Exhibition at The Cloisters, October 30, 1968 Through January 5, 1969

Medieval Art from Private Collections

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Nancy Wu

Peter Barnet

Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid new guide, published to celebrate The Cloisters' seventy-fifth anniversary, richly illustrates and describes the most important highlights of its collection, from paintings, illuminated manuscripts, and exquisitely carved ivories to its monumental architecture evocative of the grand religious spaces and domestic interiors of the Middle Ages. The Cloisters remains a testament to design innovation—a New York City landmark with sweeping views of the Hudson River—featuring original elements of Romanesque and Gothic architecture dating from the 12th through the 15th century. Three of the structures enclose beautiful gardens cultivated with species known from tapestries, medieval herbals, and other historic sources. These exotic spaces, the art masterpieces, and the fragrant plants offer visitors an oasis of serenity and inspiration. This book both encapsulates and enhances that experience.

Medieval Art and Architecture, Revised and Updated Edition

Bonnie Young

A Walk Through the Cloisters

The Building and the Collection of Mediaeval Art, in Fort Tryon Park

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Margaret B. Freeman

The Nine Heroes Tapestries at the Cloisters

Joseph Breck

A Brief Guide

Mediaeval Monuments at the Cloisters as They Were and as They are

The Building and the Collection of Medieval Art in Fort Tryon Park

Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid guide richly illustrates and describes the most important highlights of its collection, from paintings, illuminated manuscripts, and exquisitely carved ivories to its monumental architecture evocative of the grand religious spaces and domestic interiors of the Middle Ages. The Cloisters remains a testament to design innovation-a New York City landmark with sweeping views of the Hudson River-featuring original elements of Romanesque and Gothic architecture dating from the 12th through the 15th century. Three of the structures enclose beautiful gardens cultivated with species known from tapestries, medieval herbals, and other historic sources. These exotic spaces, the art masterpieces, and the fragrant plants offer visitors an oasis of serenity and inspiration. This book both encapsulates and enhances that experience.

The Building and the Collection of Mediaeval Art , in Fort Tyron Park

Helmut Nickel

Florens Deuchler

Jeffrey Hoffeld

The Cloisters Apocalypse

Nancy Y. Wu

"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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