The Cloisters is the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid new guide, richly illustrated with more than 175 color pictures, offers a broad introduction to the remarkable history of The Cloisters as well as a lively and informative discussion of the treasures within.Assembled with Romanesque and Gothic architectural elements dating from the twelfth through the fifteenth century, The Cloisters is itself a New York City landmark, overlooking sweeping vistas of the Hudson River in Upper Manhattan. Long cherished as a world-class museum, it also contains beautiful gardens featuring plants, fruit trees, and useful herbs familiar from the collection’s medieval tapestries and other works of art. Among the masterworks of medieval religious and domestic life housed in The Cloisters are exceptional examples of carved ivory, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, silver- and goldsmiths’ work, and tapestries, including the famous Unicorn in Captivity.Enriched by the latest scholarship from The Cloisters’ expert staff of curators, educators, and horticulturalists, this volume will stand as the definitive source on the collection for years to come.

The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)

Barnet, Peter

Wu, Nancy

Religion & Spirituality

Metropolitan Museum of Art

This fascinating book explores the history, techniques, and cultural significance of medieval aquamanilia, cast metal objects used to pour water for hand washing in religious and secular contexts. Usually created in appealing animal or human forms, aquamanilia feature two openings, one for filling and the other for pouring. They represent the first emergence of hollow-cast vessels in Western Europe and a significant development in the history of technology. The book presents and catalogues the entire aquamanilia collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the first time, as well as selected examples from other collections and other related medieval objects.

Lions, Dragons, & other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages: Vessels for Church and Table

Arts & Photography

Dandridge, Pete

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

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.

The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture, Revised and Updated Edition

A catalog to accompany an exhibition held at the Detroit Institute of Arts September 24, 1991 to February 9, 1992.\ The Institute collection consists of over 15,000 pieces; it ranks among the most important such collections in the US. The works selected for this exhibit represent the major forms of vestments used in the western Catholic tradition, such as copes, dalmatics, and chasubles, as well as some pieces from the Eastern Church.

Clothed in Majesty: European Ecclesiastical Textiles from the Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit Inst of Arts

Table of Contents:Leaders to the ExhibitionForewardPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction; Course of Design at the Turn of the CenturyCatalogue of the ExhibitionBiographiesBibliiographyIndex

Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit

Detroit Institute Of Arts

Wilkinson, Mary Ann

History

Architecture

A husband's loving memoir of his marriage and caring for his wife as she struggles with Alzheimer's and he navigates the risks to him as a caregiver. A husband's loving memoir of his marriage and caring for his wife as she struggles with Alzheimer's. "Writing with remarkable candor, Peter Barnet brings a new and unsettling focus to this moving account of his battle against his wife's Alzheimer's. We learn that those at risk from this terrible malady are not just those directly afflicted, but their caregiving spouses as well. Lacing his narrative with insight and humor, Barnet does not shy from expressing his private thoughts and feelings as he relates his couple's daunting struggle . Losing Cissie is at once a love story, a primer on how to manage spousal care and a warning of its perils. It should be required reading for the familes of the millions of Alzheimer victims. "Barry Lando, friend, editor and retired 60 Minutes Producer

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Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Miniver Press

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