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James Joseph Rorimer [1] (September 7, 1905 – May 11, 1966), was an American museum curator and former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was a primary force behind the creation of the Cloisters, a branch of the museum dedicated to the art and architecture of Medieval Europe.
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The Cloisters, also known as the Met Cloisters, is a museum in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City. The museum, situated in Fort Tryon Park , specializes in European medieval art and architecture , with a focus on the Romanesque and Gothic periods.
Margaret B. Freeman (1899 – 24 May 1980) was an American art historian who was the head curator of The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to medieval art and architecture, from 1955 to 1965. She studied medieval tapestries as well as the use of plants in medieval art.
Joe Cimperman, 1988 – former 7-term Cleveland City Council member [13] and President of Global Cleveland Michael P. Donnelly – Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael A. Feighan – former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1943 - 1971) [ 14 ]
The collections and scope of the Decorative Arts department so greatly expanded that after Breck’s death in 1933 it was divided into three departments: Renaissance and Modern Art, Medieval Art, and the American Wing. [1] [2] In 1932, Joseph Breck was named the first director of the new branch of the Metropolitan Museum, The Cloisters. Though ...
The Kokoon Arts Club, sometimes spelled Kokoon Arts Klub, was a Bohemian artists group founded in 1911 by Carl Moellman, William Sommer and Elmer Brubeck to promote Modernism in Cleveland, Ohio. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Moellman had been a member of New York City 's Kit Kat Club, which served as inspiration for Kokoon.
J. P. Morgan donated the bead to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1917. The Cloisters bead consists of two surviving capsules, each consisting of a series of minutely detailed carvings on both sides. Latin inscriptions, some in Gothic script, frame the work. The upper capsule has two wings, which when opened form a triptych. [3]