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Author : Cloisters (Museum)
Release : 1976
Genre : Hunt of the unicorn
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Book Rating : 477/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Unicorn Tapestries by : Cloisters (Museum)
Download or read book The Unicorn Tapestries written by Cloisters (Museum). This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Adolph S. Cavallo
Release : 1998
Genre : Art and mythology
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Book Rating : 684/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by : Adolph S. Cavallo
Download or read book The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Adolph S. Cavallo. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is a set of tapestries depicting the hunt of the fabled unicorn. Each of the seven exquisite tapestries is reproduced in large colorplates and with a wealth of color details. Created in the Netherlands in 1495-1505, they contain supremely memorable images - from the vulnerable unicorn and the individualized faces of the hunters to the naturalistically depicted flora and fauna. The author also looks at the construction of the tapestries and the historical and cultural context in which they were woven.
Author : Barbara Drake Boehm
Release : 2020-08-01
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 130/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Blessing of Unicorns by : Barbara Drake Boehm
Download or read book A Blessing of Unicorns written by Barbara Drake Boehm. This book was released on 2020-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Bulletin examines the fascinating stories behind the only known sets of unicorn tapestries in the world—one at The Met Cloisters and another at the Musée de Cluny, Paris. The thirteen tapestries that compose the two sets—six at the Cluny and seven at The Met—remain shrouded in mystery, with their origins and original owners still unknown. Considering the iconography of these two collections together and drawing from primary sources, this Bulletin aims to reach a better understanding of these masterworks and their mythical subject that has captured the public imagination for centuries.
Author : Thomas P. Campbell
Release : 2002
Genre : Tapestry, Renaissance
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Book Rating : 225/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Tapestry in the Renaissance by : Thomas P. Campbell
Download or read book Tapestry in the Renaissance written by Thomas P. Campbell. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tapestries--the art form of kings--were a principal tool used by powerful Renaissance rulers to convey their wealth and might. From 1460 to 1560, courts and churches lavished vast sums on costly weavings in silk and gold thread from designs by leading artists. In this lavishly illustrated book, the first major survey of tapestry production of this period, contributors analyze some of these & beautiful tapestries, examine the stylistic and technical development of tapestry production in the Low Countries, France, and Italy during the Renaissance, and discuss the contribution that the medium made to art, liturgy, and propaganda of the day.
Author : John Williamson
Release : 1986
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis The Oak King, the Holly King, and the Unicorn by : John Williamson
Download or read book The Oak King, the Holly King, and the Unicorn written by John Williamson. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
