#cloisters museum

[artschoolglasses]

The Cloisters

New York City, United States

#cloisters #cloisters museum #new york #New York city #nyc #usa #america #north america #travel #travelling #museum #garden #my photos

[soupandcats]

Unicorn rests in a garden in collage!!! I saw the tapestry irl a couple weeks ago and I was obsessed w it 🦄🌷

#illustration #my art #soupandcats #collage #collage art #artwork #unicorn rests in a garden #unicorn tapestries #met cloisters #met museum #unicorn in captivity #paper art #unicorn

[wandering-cemeteries]

Tomb of Tomb of Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell, c. 1300-1350. A super fancy tomb in the Cloisters, a museum in New York City.

#tomb #the cloisters #museum #artifact #sarcophogus #original photography #cemetery #photography #taphophile #taphophilia #lensblr #photographers on tumblr #tombs #medieval #catalan #sculpture #wanderingjana

[wandering-jana]

The Grand Cloister of the Certosa di Martino. Naples, Italy

March 14, 2024

#cloister #monastery #museum #architecture #travel #wandering #original photography #lensblr #iphonography #photographers on tumblr #photography #Naples #Napoli #Italy #Italia #historical architecture #wanderingjana

[uwmspeccoll]

An Apocalyptic Manuscript Monday

This week we present our facsimile of the 14th-century Cloisters Apocalypse, published in 1971 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. As described in the introduction to the commentary about the manuscript, “[famine], pestilence, strife, and untimely death inspired apocalyptic fantasies and movements in Europe throughout the Middle Ages” (page 9), and this environmental influence led to the popularity of apocalyptic manuscripts like this French Apocalypse. Made in the 1330s for a Norman aristocratic couple, this manuscript has a few interesting details that set it apart from other Apocalypses, especially in relation to two other manuscripts in London (British Library, Add. Ms. 17333) and Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale, ms. Lat. 14410) that share similar formats, styles, and sequences with the Cloisters manuscript.

The first unique detail is the prefatory cycle of the life of Jesus in the introductory folios (1-2 verso). Since the Apocalypse of St. John the Divine (also known as the book of Revelation) was written by a titular St. John, prefatory cycles in Apocalypses usually consist of his life, rather than Christ’s. The other aspect of this manuscript that makes it distinct amongst its sister manuscripts is the addition of a dedication page on folio 38 verso. This page shows a man and woman kneeling in front of a tonsured saint and the Virgin and Child, respectively, representing the people for whom this manuscript was originally made for.

Interestingly, this manuscript also has multiple pages added to the original manuscript. Pasted on the inside front cover are handwritten provenance notes. The manuscript also did not originally include chapters and verses 16:14 through 20:3, and pages with this text were later added to the manuscript after the dedication page.

The materials used to create this manuscript include tempera, gold, silver, and ink on parchment with a later leather binding. If you are interested in seeing this unique Apocalypse manuscript, you can either use our facsimile, visit Gallery 13 of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cloisters where the original is on display, or view their digital presentation of the manuscript.

View other posts on our facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts.

– Sarah S., Special Collections Graduate Intern

#manuscript monday #apocalypse #cloisters apocalypse #the cloisters #met #the metropolitan museum of art #manuscripts #illuminated manuscripts #french manuscripts #book of revelation #Revelation of St. John #facsimiles #manuscript facsimiles #Sarah S.

[yiddishlore]

Black Magus, Germany, 15th century. Photo by me.

From the Met Cloisters.

#magi #black magus #medieval art #medieval germany #metropolitan museum of art #met cloisters #cloisters

[wandering-italy]

The Baths of Diocletian, turned Carthusian monastery, turned National Roman Museum.

Rome, Italy

#history #architecture #italy #italia #rome #roma #original photography #photography #travel #church architecture #lensblr #photographers on tumblr #cloister #museum #museum photography #historical architecture #wanderingjana

[notorioustrq]

MET Cloisters on Saturday, 11.26.2022.

#met cloisters #cathedral #church #monastery #the metropolitan museum of art #photos by me #gothic #gothic architecture #medieval #medieval architecture #bardcore #dark academia

[dropcop]

#the cloisters #new york city #museums #art history #medieval art

[pagansphinx]

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries) • French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven) • 1495–1505 • The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

#art #medieval art #medieval taspestries #unicorn tapestries #art history #the cloisters #the metropolitan museum of art #16th century art #history of art #artworks i've seen #unicorn

[flower-biter]

The Met Cloisters, NYC xx

#my photos #The Met cloisters #the Met #the cloisters #the metropolitan museum of art #medieval art #Middle Ages #tapestry #fiber art #architecture #monastery #cloisters #medieval #nyc #new york city #new york #art museum #art history #museum #dark academia #dark academia aesthetic #light academia #light academia aesthetic #art academia aesthetic #art academia #travel #art #photography #mine #queue

[artschoolglasses]

16th Century reliquary bust of a female saint at the Cloisters

New York City, United States

#cloisters #cloisters museum #met museum #new york #nyc #New York city #america #north america #reliquary #saint #16th century #1500s #sculpture #statue #art #museum #gallery #travel #travelling #my photos

[flintandpyrite]

I had two goals on this short trip to the city: visit the cloisters and eat spicy cumin noodles at Xi’an Famous Foods. Mission very much accomplished.

#metropolitan museum of modern art #the cloisters #dream garden aesthetic #new england tag

[itsjustanne]

Top left photo from the MET on fifth ave: Roses, Vincent Van Gogh, 1890

Top right and bottom row from the MET Cloisters: Standing Virgin and Child, attributed to Nicklaus Gerhaert von Leyden, 1470; Enthroned Virgin and Child, artist unknown, 1280-1300; The Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, attributed to Jean le Noir, before 1349

#studyblr #history studyblr #art history #studying #history #study motivation #student #history student #study movitation #study aesthetic #art history student #student aesthetic #art #the met museum #the cloisters #annie talks #mostly to myself

[surr0unds]

alone with the unicorn tapestries

#unicorn tapestries #tapestries #medieval art #museum #met cloisters #manhattan #nyc #*

[pelipper]

ye olde polly pocket

#the cloisters #the metropolitan museum of art #shitpost #dumb memes #polly pocket #this piece was so impressive though i really enjoyed looking at all of the little details #i'm so sorry i will stop shitposting soon... #thank you to @careless-seafoam for the lovely caption idea #my photos