{"id":12642,"date":"2019-02-17T16:03:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T16:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/?page_id=12642"},"modified":"2022-04-04T14:32:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:32:38","slug":"sacred-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/catholic-culture\/sacred-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval Sacred Art in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Servants of the Lord & the Virgin of Matar\u00e1<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Catholic Culture<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

The Cloisters<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Medieval Sacred Art in NYC\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\"\"<\/a>
Vircabutar at English Wikipedia<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Sacred art and architecture form a special part of Catholic culture.\u00a0 An exceptional period of innovation in devotional art took place in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.\u00a0 While medieval shrines and monasteries can still be found throughout Europe, there is nothing quite comparable in the New World though new buildings have risen as honorable imitations of the originals.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a>
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Public Domain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>

One unique place to see real medieval architecture outside of Europe is The Cloisters, a special branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art overlooking the Hudson River.\u00a0 Chapels, chapter rooms, and cloisters were purchased in Europe, dismantled, and reassembled in New York City as sections of a 20th<\/sup>\u00a0century design to unite them into a single building dedicated to medieval art. In addition to the architecture and medieval gardens, the museum contains statues, triptychs, tapestries, manuscripts, sacred vessels and various items of devotion.\u00a0 This museum is an outstanding collection of the art and architecture of Catholic culture.\u00a0 Below are links in order to learn more about making a visit, as well as a selection of the many videos of guided tours and recent lectures made by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for those who cannot visit in person.<\/p>

To learn about visiting The Cloisters\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>

The Medieval Garden Enclosed<\/i>, a blog following the museum\u2019s medieval gardens and vintage plants \u00a0http:\/\/blog.metmuseum.org\/cloistersgardens\/<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

The Glories of Medieval Art<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The half-hour video,\u00a0Glories of Medieval Art<\/i>\u00a0(27:29), was filmed in 1989 and provides an excellent introduction to the Cloisters by offering a guided tour of many of its greatest pieces as narrated by Philippe de Montebello, director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1977 to 2008.<\/p>