Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Barbara Drake Boehm

The publication of this comprehensive catalogue celebrates the distinguished career of William D. Wixom at the Metropolitan. Highlighted in these pages are more than three hundred purchases and gifts, the great majority of which have been on view but many of which have remained unpublished until now. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Mirror of the Medieval World

This Bulletin examines the fascinating stories behind the only known sets of unicorn tapestries in the world—one at The Met Cloisters and another at the Musée de Cluny, Paris. The thirteen tapestries that compose the two sets—six at the Cluny and seven at The Met—remain shrouded in mystery, with their origins and original owners still unknown. Considering the iconography of these two collections together and drawing from primary sources, this Bulletin aims to reach a better understanding of these masterworks and their mythical subject that has captured the public imagination for centuries.

The Paris and Cloisters Tapestries

A Blessing of Unicorns

Andrew Solomon

Jeff L. Rosenheim

Keith Christiansen

Mia Fineman

Alisa LaGamma

Donald J. La Rocca

Iria Candela

Denise Murrell

Ian Alteveer

Adam Eaker

Shanay Javeri

James Moske

Andrea Myers Achi

Keith Prewitt

This special issue of the Bulletin reflects on some of the crises gripping our world in the present moment, including the catastrophic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing tragedy of racial injustice. Voices from The Metropolitan Museum of Art present their personal perspectives on issues and challenges facing us all while connecting these difficult times to art, artists, and the Museum’s history. Conceived and written during the Museum’s unprecedented closure, this compelling publication reflects on art’s power to inspire, comfort, and heal.

A Time of Crisis

Philippe De Montebello

This beautiful prayer book's profuse decoration and refined drawing - the work of the celebrated artist Jean Pucelle - comes alive through the medium of CD-ROM.

A Prayer Book for a Queen

The Hours of Jeanne D'Evreux

Jiří Fajt

The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437

Prague

This delightful book describes and illustrates the Metropolitan Museum's collection of nearly 40 illuminations from Italian choral manuscripts. Representing the work of Gothic and Renaissance masters both celebrated and anonymous, these precious paintings in miniature---with their compelling narrative, brilliant color, and shining gold---bear witness to exceptional aesthetic accomplishment. The choir books they illuminate are a rich source of information about the development of chant, whose unexpected transcendent tonalities have abiding appeal today. They also serve as primary sources for the study of the lives of religious communities and of the philosophy and faith that infused medieval Europe, offering a glimpse of Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance.

Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300-1500

Choirs of Angels

Barbara Drake Boehm

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