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Title: Unicorn Tapestries by Adolfo Salvatore Cavallo ISBN: 0-8109-3947-9 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 30 September, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Allegorical Creature
Comment: If you can't see these gorgeous tapestries in person, ***this book is a great way to view them up-close. Each tapestry, circa 1500, is shown in full (in color!) and in detail. All of the brilliant colors are from three dyes: madder (red), woad (blue), and weld (yellow). The hunt of the unicorn theme is possibly an allegory for love, marriage, even the death of Jesus Christ.
These now-famous works of art apparently belonged to François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, in the late 1600s. They were taken from his chateau and later used by peasants to protect their food from frosts. Fortunately, they were recovered in 1850 and later (1922) purchased by John D. Rockefeller who gave them to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I was fortunate enough to see them last October. My fiancé and I made the trek from Times Square, via subway, to Fort Tryon Park, where The Cloisters are peacefully nestled. We crawled from the sub-terrain and entered the lush, fragrant park. It's a bit of a walk up to the museum, but the garden atmosphere astonished us. We couldn't believe we were in NY! The Cloisters were quiet and uncrowded in the morning. There's a center court complete with bubbling fountains and plants from the Medieval era that is open to the sky. We crossed this courtyard and entered into the small room where the tapestries occupy their personal space. I will never forget the experience. They took my breath away.
Rating: 4
Summary: Beautiful
Comment: I absolutely love the unicorn tapestries, and I fulfilled a childhood dream when i saw them at the Cluny museum in paris. The colors are vivid and beautiful and do justice to these awesome tapestries.
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Title: The Unicorn Tapestries by Cloisters (Museum), Margaret B. Freeman, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cloisters ISBN: 0870991477 Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art Pub. Date: December, 1976 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Flemish Tapestry by Delmarcel Guy ISBN: 0810933454 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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Title: Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence by Thomas P. Campbell, Bruce White, Maryan Wynn Ainsworth, Tom Campbell ISBN: 0300093705 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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Title: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier ISBN: 0525947671 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 29 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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