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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.
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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.
Joseph Henry Breck (1885–1933) was an American curator and museum director. During his career he served as a Director of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, Curator of the Decorative Arts Department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Assistant Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and first Director of The Cloisters.
It was created near the height of the late medieval cult of the Virgin, and in keeping, emphasises her humanity, warmth and accessibility; in particular she turns slightly to her left to face her son. [3] It is a rare English example of this type, similar contemporary statuettes are more common in French art.
Florens Deuchler, who was the chairman of Medieval Art and The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1968 to 1972, was very sceptical about attributing The Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux to Jean Pucelle, as was Elizabeth Flinn of the MMA.
The Crucified Christ (MA 2005.274) is a sculpture in walrus ivory, likely from Paris around 1300, now housed in The Cloisters, New York. The sculpture retains traces of paint and gilding . [ 1 ] Despite its small scale, it is crafted in a monumental style. [ 2 ]