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The Cloisters Cross: Its Art And Meaning,Used
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. Profusely illustrated. (ISBN 0810964341) Very good tight copy, unread, very good jacket. The walrusivory Cloister Cross, a masterpiece of English Romanesque art, has long been a centerpiece of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, a separate museum in Fort Tyron Park (New York City) devoted exclusively to the art of the art of the Middle Ages. In fact, ever since its acquisition in 1963, the cross has ben the subject od speculation and mystery. The dearth of solid information about the provenance prior to its ownership by a Yugoslav art dealer and restorer has generated a number of tantalizing theories as to its origin, function, and early history, although no one has denied the exceptional quality of its workmanship or the unparalleled complexity of its design. This comprehensive study is addressed to the genuinely curious visitor to the Cloisters collection, as well as to the specialized scholar. The authors have included a systematic description of the intricate construction of the cross and an analysis of every detail of its carving. They offer substantial new insights to the findings of previous scholarly research as to possible meanings and context, in terms of both the liturgy and the intellectual milieu o the twelfth century in which it has been placed. The attribution to the Abbey o Bury St. Edmunds the name by which the cross was first known is discussed in length. In rich and exacting detail the authors reveal, as do the splendid new color photographs by Malcolm Varon, just how the Cloisters Cross, in its imagery and consummate workmanship, bears 'Witness to a level o erudition and artistry seldom seen in the twelfth century or later.' Art history.
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