MarketFriday - The Met Cloisters Museum -

maruharraca (57)in #marketfriday • 7 years ago

Hello Steemians! This is my contribution for #marketfriday initiated by our dear friend Denise @dswigle. This post is dedicated to my two dear friends here in Steemit: Denise @dswigle and Lena @lenasveganlinving!

~ The Met Cloisters Museum ~

The Met Cloisters, is a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. The collection contains work from western Europe, including sculpture,stained glass. tapestries,painting,manuscripts and metalwork. The garden feature medieval plantings.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. generously provided for the building, the location in Forth Tyron Park, and the acquisition of the collection of George Grey Bernard, in 1925. The Cloisters opened to the public in 1938.

~ Pair Of Lions ~

Limestone
North Italian, Emilia, early 13th century
Alert and looking toward each other, both protect their prey - a lamb in one and a calf in the other- beneath paws. The pair originally supported columns and probably flanked a small doorway of a church. By the mid-eighteenth century, they were placed at the door of a chapel near the village of Quattro Castella, near Reggio Emilia.

~ Pontaut Chapter House Gallery ~

Limestone, brick and plaster.
French, Aquitaine, 12th century.
From the Cistercian abbey of Notre-Dame at Pontaut, south of Bordeaux.
The chapter house was the daily meeting place in most European monasteries and convents. The monks or nuns sat on the stone bench around the walls, to read. The architecture of the chapter house features Romanesque characteristics, round arches, thick walls, small windows, and heavy rib vaults.
The abbey at Pontaut was found in 1115 as a Benedictine monastery. In 1791 the monasteries buildings were sold to a local family, and the chapter house was converted into a stable; it was sold in 1932 and brought to New York.

~ Unicorn Tapestries Room ~

These renowned tapestries were probably designed in Paris and woven in Brussels for an unknown in about 1500.

- The Unicorn In Captivity -

Wool, silk, and silver and gilded-silver wrapped thread.
South Netherlands, ca. 1495 - 1505

- The Unicorn Is Attacked -

Wool, silk, and silver and gilded-silver wrapped thread.
South Netherlands, ca. 1495 - 1505

- The Unicorn Purifies Water -

Wool, silk, and silver and gilded-silver wrapped thread.
South Netherlands, ca. 1495 - 1505

- The Unicorn Is Killed And Brought To The Castle -

Wool, silk, and silver and gilded-silver wrapped thread.
South Netherlands, ca. 1495 - 1505

~ Altar Predella And Sode ~ Alabaster Spanish, Aragon, ca. 1456-58. From the chapel of the archbishop’s palace at Saragossa, built by the Aragonese sculptor Francí Gomar.

~ Reliquary Busts Of Female Saints ~ Oak with paint and gilding South Netherlandish, Brabant, possibly Brussels, ca. 1520-30 Bust reliquaries for the skulls of saints were placed on or near the altars.

~ Doorway ~

Limestone
Spanish, Castile- Leon, early 13th century
From the church of San Vicente Mártir at Frias, near Burgos
Fletcher Fund, 1923.
The main portal of the church was nearly destroyed in 1879. Eighty fragments have been used to reconstruct the monumental doorway seen here.

~Fireplace ~ Limestone French, Normandy, Alençon, late 15th-early 16th century.

~ Fireback ~
Cast iron
French, Normandy, Alençon,
late 15th-early 16th century.

~ Andirons ~
Wrought iron
French, late 14th-early 15th century.

~ Trammel Hook ~ Wrought iron French or Spanish, late 15th- early 16th century.

~ Caldron ~
Copper alloy, wrought iron handle
French or South Netherlandish, 13th - 14th century.

~ Pair Of Folding Armchairs ~
Walnut
Italian, late 15th - early 16th century.

~ Palmesel ~

Limestone
German, 15th century.
The German word Palmesel (pal donkey) refers to the statue of Jesus on a donkey on a wheeled platform, which was part in many German regions until the Reformation.

~ Kneeling Virgin ~

Willow with paint and gilding.
Italian, attributed to Paolo Aquilano.

~Christ Is Born As Man’s Redeemer Tapestry ~

Wool warp; wool and silk wefts.
1500 - 1520.

This Is The Back View of The Cloisters’s Chapel

Now here is a thing,
we all Know that all the museums have a little store or market, to get souvenirs from the visit, but by the time I returned to the entrance of the museum where the store is located, the little store was already closed. My bad :(
Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed the show!

Camera Samsung Galaxy S6 phone.

~Maru🌻~

#photography #architectute #steemusa #art

7 years ago in #marketfriday by maruharraca (57)

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dswigle (70) 7 years ago

I love the cloisters! I do! There is so much religion, history, dedicated love to keep these artifacts for the next generation and the next and the next. I am in awe of things this special that have survived.

I am so happy you posted so many wonderful shots, I especially love the doorway and it reminds me so much of the door to the Washington Cathedral with all of the Saints carved in, one on top of the other.

Wonderful! Beautiful! Thank you!

I ran into the shop at the Aquarium for the socks. Othewise, I might have skipped it! LOL It just saved you a lot of money!

Thanks again for being part of #MarketFriday!

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maruharraca (57) 7 years ago

Hi Dear! I am happy you enjoy my post! The doorway is fantastical, specially known that they collected the pieces, it make it even better, right?
Believe me, I love shopping, not for nothing my mom call me "nanny Fran", hah
Thank you so much for the tip!🌺🌸🍄

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tali72 (62) 7 years ago

Maru, you made me laugh :)))) I read your post and thought: what did you buy there ?! :))))) and in the end you wrote that the souvenir shop was closed :))))

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maruharraca (57) 7 years ago

😂😂😂 ahh I heard you Tali! I really loss the track of time. Once you are inside you go to room to another, it so precious.... and yeah by the ty the time I went back to the store was closed. I’ve learn my lesson. From now on I will visit the store at first hand.

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old-guy-photos (73) 7 years ago

I really like seeing the pieces and those little stores are always overly expensive anyways!

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maruharraca (57) 7 years ago

oh! yes so over priced!

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lenasveganliving (67) 7 years ago

Well, the main thing is that you have the photos, even if you don't buy anything. To my that is the most valuable souvenir, because you can always look at them and refresh the memory of this amazing place.

I really enjoy looking at them myself and wondering about the history of these fascinating artifacts 🌸💖🌸

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maruharraca (57) 7 years ago

Yes my dear Lena, photos make may heart smile! I love them they are priceless memories! I am glad you enjoy my post!🌸💗🌺

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lenasveganliving (67) 7 years ago

Yes they really are Dear Maru...............by the way, I looked up on Google the Unicorn Tapestries, because I was curious about the meaning behind them. I found very interesting website that explains it quite well, although it is quite a sad mythology.

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maruharraca (57) 7 years ago

Lena who does that? Who kill Unicorns and why? WeIl have to tell you that I got really upset and sad when saw these tapestries. Poor magical beings.

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lenasveganliving (67) 7 years ago

I agree, it is very sad, but it's a mythology. My conclusion is that the Unicorn represent purity of human soul, but we are killing it every time we do wrong things.

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plantstoplanks (67) 7 years ago

Wow! What a neat place to visit. Who needs the gift shop anyway, all the best stuff can't be bought! 😀

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maruharraca (57) 7 years ago

😃 thank you!

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enjar (69) 7 years ago

What beauty I could not imagine being able to have a live style that would allow such things to be a daily occurrences.

The amount of detail alone in most of those must have taken ages.

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maruharraca (57) 7 years ago

puff tell me about it! :)

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c0ff33a (72) 7 years ago

This post is amazing, I was quite enthralled. This pictures are wonderful but there is so much information as well - and perfectly laid out. You really have pulled out all the steps on this one @maruharraca -- excellent content.

#thealliance

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maruharraca (57) 7 years ago

Awe! Thank you my dear friend @c0ff33a! I really appreciate your kind words as well your support! Thank you!

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youns (46) 7 years ago

woow .... amazing ! verry nice work and pictures !! good

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