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Creating the Cloisters

Timothy B. Husband

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Description:The Cloisters marked its 75th anniversary in 2013. Since its opening on May 10, 1938, it has become a treasured landmark, celebrated for both its magnificent setting and its world-class collection of medieval art and architecture. Located in Fort Tryon Park, a verdant oasis on the northern tip of Manhattan, the highest point in New York City, the building commands sweeping views of the Hudson River and the towering Palisades on the river's opposite bank. This book, published as a reprint of an issue of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (v. 70, no. 4 (Spring, 2013)) tells the history of The Cloisters from is nascence in the early 1900s, when the "valuable and choice things" it incorporates began to be assembled in France through to its opening day in 1938. Black and white, color illustrations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Creating the Cloisters. To get started finding Creating the Cloisters, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 48

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1588394883

Description: The Cloisters marked its 75th anniversary in 2013. Since its opening on May 10, 1938, it has become a treasured landmark, celebrated for both its magnificent setting and its world-class collection of medieval art and architecture. Located in Fort Tryon Park, a verdant oasis on the northern tip of Manhattan, the highest point in New York City, the building commands sweeping views of the Hudson River and the towering Palisades on the river's opposite bank. This book, published as a reprint of an issue of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (v. 70, no. 4 (Spring, 2013)) tells the history of The Cloisters from is nascence in the early 1900s, when the "valuable and choice things" it incorporates began to be assembled in France through to its opening day in 1938. Black and white, color illustrations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Creating the Cloisters. To get started finding Creating the Cloisters, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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