Battlement at the Cloisters in NY, Oct. 2002
Entrance to the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Sunset Over the George Washington Bridge, Oct. 200…
The Battlements at the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Battlement at the Cloisters in NY, Oct. 2002
Lion Passant in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Detail of the Lion Passant in the Cloisters, Sept.…
Enthroned Virgin and Child in the Cloisters, Octob…
Detail of the Enthroned Virgin and Child in the Cl…
The Fuentiduena Chapel in the Cloisters, Sept. 200…
Tympanum in the Cloisters, October 2009
Christ on the Cross in the Fuentiduena Chapel in t…
Altar and Cross in the Fuentiduena Chapel in the C…
Virgin and Child in Majesty Apse in the Fuentiduen…
The Temptation of Christ and Christ Raising Lazaru…
The Temptation of Christ by the Devil Painting in…
Camel Wall Painting in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Lion Relief in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Detail of one of the Head-Shaped Supports of the L…
Kneeling Virgin in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Kneeling Virgin in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Detail of the Kneeling Virgin in the Cloisters, Se…
Kneeling Virgin in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Three Kings from an Adoration Group in the Cloiste…
Detail of one of the Three Kings from an Adoration…
Detail of one of the Three Kings from an Adoration…
Detail of one of the Three Kings from an Adoration…
Portal in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Detail of a Portal with the Entry of Christ into J…
Detail of one of the Reliefs on a Portal in the Cl…
The Saint-Guilhem Cloister in the Cloisters, Sept.…
The Saint-Guilhem Cloister in the Cloisters, Sept.…
Fountain in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister in the Cloi…
The Saint-Guilhem Cloister in the Cloisters, Sept.…
The Saint-Guilhem Cloister in the Cloisters, Sept.…
The Saint-Guilhem Cloister in the Cloisters, Sept.…
Pilaster from the Saint-Guilhem Cloister in the Cl…
Cistern or Font in the Cloisters, October 2009
Detail of a Cistern or Font in the Cloisters, Octo…
Seated Figure in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Fragment of a Relief with Three Clerics in the Clo…
Portion of a Pilaster with an Acrobat in the Clois…
Fragment of a Figure in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Pulpit Relief with the Symbol of St. Luke in the C…
Pulpit Relief with the Annunciation in the Cloiste…
The Langon Chapel in the Cloisters, Oct. 2006
The Langon Chapel in the Cloisters, Oct. 2006
The Langon Chapel in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Romanesque Architectural Frieze in the Cloisters,…
Exterior of the Langon Chapel in the Cloisters, Se…
The Tower Inside the Cuxa Cloister at the Cloister…
The Cuxa Cloister and Tower in the Cloisters, Apri…
The Cuxa Cloister and Tower in the Cloisters, Sept…
Tree in the Cuxa Cloister in the Cloisters, April…
The Cuxa Cloister in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
The Cuxa Cloister at the Cloisters, Oct. 2006
The Cuxa Cloister in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Fake Romanesque Fountain in the Cloisters, Oct. 20…
Fake Romanesque Wall Fountain in the Cloisters, Se…
Detail of a Wall Fountain in the Cloisters, Sept.…
Romanesque Column Capital in the Cloisters, Oct. 2…
Romanesque Column Capital in the Cloisters, Oct. 2…
Romanesque Column Capital in the Cloisters, Oct. 2…
Exterior Architecture of the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Gate at the Cloisters, April 2007
The Cloisters, Sept. 2007
The Cloisters from a Distance, Sept. 2007
The Church of Santa Maria delle Vigne at the Site…
The Church of Santa Maria delle Vigne at the Site…
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Exterior of the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
The Cloisters—described by Germain Bazin, former director of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, as "the crowning achievement of American museology"—is the branch of the Metropolitan Museum devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Located on four acres overlooking the Hudson River in northern Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park, the building incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters—quadrangles enclosed by a roofed or vaulted passageway, or arcade—and from other monastic sites in southern France. Three of the cloisters reconstructed at the branch museum feature gardens planted according to horticultural information found in medieval treatises and poetry, garden documents and herbals, and medieval works of art, such as tapestries, stained-glass windows, and column capitals. Approximately five thousand works of art from medieval Europe, dating from about A.D. 800 with particular emphasis on the twelfth through fifteenth century, are exhibited in this unique and sympathetic context.
The collection at The Cloisters is complemented by more than six thousand objects exhibited in several galleries on the first floor of the Museum's main building on Fifth Avenue. A single curatorial department oversees medieval holdings at both locations. The collection at the main building displays a somewhat broader geographical and temporal range, while the focus at The Cloisters is on the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Renowned for its architectural sculpture, The Cloisters also rewards visitors with exquisite illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, enamels, ivories, and tapestries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/introduction.asp?dep=7
The collection at The Cloisters is complemented by more than six thousand objects exhibited in several galleries on the first floor of the Museum's main building on Fifth Avenue. A single curatorial department oversees medieval holdings at both locations. The collection at the main building displays a somewhat broader geographical and temporal range, while the focus at The Cloisters is on the Romanesque and Gothic periods. Renowned for its architectural sculpture, The Cloisters also rewards visitors with exquisite illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork, enamels, ivories, and tapestries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/introduction.asp?dep=7
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