Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Cloisters
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Tue Oct 18 12:10:48 2005
References: <70d5554f0510181118k3cdfa105mf9fa9fc691c5c5d7@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, sort of.  It's a modern building "paraphrasing the Medieval 
style" incorporating elements of Medieval cloisters.  See:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/introduction.asp?dep=7

>The Cloisters are pieces of medeival monestaries/abbies that were purchased
>by buyers from the Met after WWII and brought a stone at a time to the banks
>of the Hudson River and reassembled. The result is an amazing hodge-podge
>building that does indeed look like a castle in parts. It houses the famous
>Unicorn Tapestries and the admission is pay- what-you-wish. Take the No. 4
>bus to the end of the line or the A train to Fort Tryon Park. It is also the
>highest point geologically on the island of Manhattan. Great light.
>  Ben Marks
>  Richard S. Taylor wrote
>>The Cloisters in upper Manhattan is a reproduction of a Medieval
>>castle set on a tall bluff overlooking the Hudson. It's about
>>70-years old. The Metropolitan Museum of Art operates it as a museum
>>of Medieval art.
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

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