#metcloisters

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The @metcloisters is a hidden gem with beautiful quiet gardens that most people don’t visit often enough. I never posted my pics from when I stopped by a few weeks ago, so I put a full tour on the blog today. #metcloisters #metmuseum #gardens #jardin #forttyronpark #nyc (at The Met Cloisters) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRkS3zwjPs6/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Lavishly woven in fine wool and silk with silver and gilded threads, the seven wall hangings collectively known as “The Unicorn Tapestries” (now hanging in The Met Cloisters) are some of the most beautiful and enigmatic works of art to survive from the medieval period. The first six tapestries depict a "unicorn hunt" in which the unicorn is eventually killed. Pictured here is the seventh and final tapestry which depicts, mysteriously, the unicorn alive and well and entirely tamed. He is fenced in and chained to a tree, but the chain is less than secure and the fence is low. He has submitted to his captivity. The red stains on his flank, in the words of the Met’s catalog, “do not appear to be blood, as there are no visible wounds like those in the hunting series; rather, they represent juice dripping from bursting pomegranates” — a medieval symbol of marriage and fertility. Although it's possible it was considered separate, it seems rather to be the mystical conclusion of the series, in which the “unicorn, miraculously come to life again,” stands for both the risen Christ and the “lover-bridegroom, at last secured by his adored lady.”⠀ .⠀ .⠀ 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Learn more on our site -- click link in bio and search "unicorn", and also we've this last tapestry available to buy as a print in our online shop (see link in website post)⠀ .⠀ .⠀ 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #unicorn #unicorns #unicorntapestries #medieval #textiles #middleages #allegory #tapestry #art #magic #metcloisters (at The Met Cloisters) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0bOOunnu7E/?igshid=sr4uazp26ou4

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Cloisters Columns #metmuseum #metcloisters #cloisters #columns #medievalart #tbt #courtyard #plants #forttyronpark (at The Met Cloisters)

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Outside views at @metcloisters #nov012021 #metcloisters #metcloistersmuseum #nyc #museums (at The Met Cloisters) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbdVs4dvMUT/?utm_medium=tumblr