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A Walk Through the Cloisters
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An illustrated tour of The Cloisters, presenting hidden treasures and details of the collection that might be missed by the casual visitor.
Hardcover, 137 pages
Published
September 10th 1989
by Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
(first published 1979)
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Lovely book, brings back fond memories
The Cloisters is my favorite museum in New York City. This is a great book to read in addition to having visited The Cloisters. I loved the historic information about many of the items they have at the museum. I am so lucky that I have been able to visit this museum each of the three times I have been in New York City. The book has great photographs of some of the items on display. My favorite part of The Cloisters are the Unicorn Tapestries, but I do love all of the medieval art there. After re
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A really good guidebook to one of my favorite museums (The Cloisters in NYC), it offers good pictures and history about the most important of The Cloisters' holdings. Worth reading even if you never get there.
Such a beautiful book. It brings back memories of sitting quietly in the courtyard of The Cloisters. It was so peaceful and beautiful that when the bird pooped on the shoulder of my black blouse, I just laughed. That's peaceful!
Dec 24, 2007
Tina
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any medieval art history lover
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coffee-table-book
A wonderful coffee table book!
History of and descriptions of the different rooms in the Bronx branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art where Medieval Art is collected.
I feel like I'm there again when looking through this book. Beautifully photographded; just enough educational descriptives....
A detailed photographic guide to The Cloisters with floor plans and description of the history of the exhibits. It's like having a tour guide walk you through the building.
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