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Author : Cloisters (Museum),Margaret B. Freeman
Publisher : Dutton Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Hunt of the unicorn
ISBN : 9780870991479
Author : Adolph S. Cavallo,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art and mythology
ISBN : 9780870998683
Among the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is a set of tapestries depicting the hunt of the fabled unicorn. Each of the seven exquisite tapestries is reproduced in large colorplates and with a wealth of color details. Created in the Netherlands in 1495-1505, they contain supremely memorable images - from the vulnerable unicorn and the individualized faces of the hunters to the naturalistically depicted flora and fauna. The author also looks at the construction of the tapestries and the historical and cultural context in which they were woven.
Author : Barbara Drake Boehm
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588397133
This Bulletin examines the fascinating stories behind the only known sets of unicorn tapestries in the world—one at The Met Cloisters and another at the Musée de Cluny, Paris. The thirteen tapestries that compose the two sets—six at the Cluny and seven at The Met—remain shrouded in mystery, with their origins and original owners still unknown. Considering the iconography of these two collections together and drawing from primary sources, this Bulletin aims to reach a better understanding of these masterworks and their mythical subject that has captured the public imagination for centuries.
Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486436869
This collection of lovely images invites coloring book fans to explore the exquisite beauty of medieval tapestries. Thirty handsome drawings of unicorns, delicate damsels, knights in armor, and other details from priceless tapestries can be enhanced with a rainbow of colors. Captions.
Author : John Williamson
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : IND:39000005566836
Author : Thomas P. Campbell,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Tapestry, Renaissance
ISBN : 9781588390226
Tapestries--the art form of kings--were a principal tool used by powerful Renaissance rulers to convey their wealth and might. From 1460 to 1560, courts and churches lavished vast sums on costly weavings in silk and gold thread from designs by leading artists. In this lavishly illustrated book, the first major survey of tapestry production of this period, contributors analyze some of these & beautiful tapestries, examine the stylistic and technical development of tapestry production in the Low Countries, France, and Italy during the Renaissance, and discuss the contribution that the medium made to art, liturgy, and propaganda of the day.
Author : Tracy Chevalier
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101213186
A tour de force of history and imagination, The Lady and the Unicorn is Tracy Chevalier’s answer to the mystery behind one of the art world’s great masterpieces—a set of bewitching medieval tapestries that hangs today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. They appear to portray the seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown—until now. Paris, 1490. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house—mother and daughter, servant, and lady-in-waiting—before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven. There, master weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has to finish the tapestries—his finest, most intricate work—on time for his exacting French client. The results change all their lives—lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look. In The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier weaves fact and fiction into a beautiful, timeless, and intriguing literary tapestry—an extraordinary story exquisitely told.
Author : Sutherland Lyall
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781783108145
The legendary medieval tapestry The Lady and the Unicorn is Sutherland Lyall’s starting point for this journey into the world of mythology and mystery which has been woven around the myth of the unicorn and the lady. We learn that the unicorn is the symbol for power and the lady may be mother, mistress or virgin. With an abundant collection of documents form a number of international museums, Lyall’s writing is an exciting exploration, a lively new examination, of old subjects. Who knows - perhaps he has finally sloved the mystery of The Lady and the Unicorn!
Author : Kamilla Benko
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781681192468
An enchanting, exciting fantasy about a real-world girl searching for her sister in a land full of magic and strange creatures, blending the timeless feel of A Wrinkle in Time with Frozen's powerful themes of identity, enchantment, and sisterhood. Claire Martinson still worries about her older sister Sophie, who battled a mysterious illness last year. But things are back to normal as they move into Windermere Manor . . . until the sisters climb a strange ladder in a fireplace and enter the magical land of Arden. There, they find a world in turmoil. The four guilds of magic no longer trust each other, the beloved unicorns have disappeared, and terrible wraiths roam freely. Scared, the girls return home. But when Sophie vanishes in the night, it will take all of Claire's courage to climb back up the ladder, find her sister, and uncover the unicorns' greatest secret. A Kids' Indie Next Selection A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year An ALA Top Ten First Novel for Youth
Author : Rachel McGaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1909266205
Author : Chris Lavers
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780061900846
“Lavers keeps his intellectual detective story passionate and suspenseful.” — Washington Post Book World From Biblical stories about virgins to adventures with Harry Potter, unicorns have enchanted people for millennia. In the endlessly fascinating The Natural History of Unicorns, author Chris Lavers ingeniously traces the legend of this mysterious creature to the real people, places, and animals that have influenced its story.
Author : Lauren Willig
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749040253
After twelve years in India, Robert, Duke of Dovedale, returns to his estates in England with a mission in mind: to infiltrate the infamous Hellfire club to unmask the man who murdered his mentor at the Battle of Assaye. Intent on revenge, Robert never anticipates that an even more difficult challenge awaits him, in the person of one Lady Charlotte Lansdowne.
Author : Janet Mason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1953510256
Author : Wendy A. Stein
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588395979
The intensely expressive art of the Middle Ages was created to awe, educate and connect the viewer to heaven. Its power reverberates to this day, even among the secular. But experiencing the full meaning and purpose of medieval art requires an understanding of its narrative content. This volume introduces the subjects and stories most frequently depicted in medieval art, many of them drawn from the Bible and other religious literature. Included among the thirty-eight representative works are brilliant altarpieces, stained-glass windows, intricate tapestries, carved wood sculptures, delicate ivories, and captivating manuscript illuminations, all drawn from the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum, one of the world's most comprehensive collections of medieval art. Iconic masterworks such as the Merode Altarpiece, the Unicorn Tapestries, and the Belles Heures of the duc de Berry are featured along with less familiar work. Descriptions of the individual pieces highlight the context in which they were made, conveying their visual and technical nuances as well as their broader symbolic meaning. With its accessible informative discussions and superb full-color illustrations, How to Read Medieval Art explores the iconographic themes of the period, making them clearly recognizable and opening vistas onto history and literature, faith and devotion.
Author : Rebecca Ross
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062471406
For fans of Red Queen and Grave Mercy comes the captivating sequel to the Renaissance France-inspired epic fantasy The Queen’s Rising. Brienna is a mistress of knowledge and is beginning to settle into her role as the daughter of the once disgraced lord, Davin MacQuinn. Though she’d just survived a revolution that will return a queen to the throne, she faces yet another challenge: acceptance by the MacQuinns. But as Queen Isolde Kavanagh’s closest confidant, she’ll have to balance serving her father’s House as well as her country. Then there’s Aodhan Morgan, formerly known as Cartier Évariste, who is adjusting to the stark contrast between his pre-rebellion life in Valenia and his current one as lord of a fallen House. As he attempts to restore the Morgane name, he let his mind wander—what if he doesn’t have to raise his House alone? What if Brienna could stand by his side? But Brienna and Cartier must put their feelings aside, as there are more vital tasks at hand—the Lannons' trial, forging alliances, and ensuring that no one halts the queen’s coronation. Resistance is rumbling among the old regime’s supporters, who are desperate to find a weakness in the rebels’ forces. And what makes one more vulnerable than love?
