The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. The Cloisters is located on 4 acres in Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, overlooking the Hudson River. Opened in 1938, this modern structure built in modified medieval style incorporates elements of five medieval buildings dating from the 12th through the 15th centuries, including chapels, monastic abbeys and a chapter house. The permanent collection at the Cloisters includes more than 5,000 pieces of European art, dating from 800 to 1600 ce, with the 12th through the 15th centuries being strongly represented. The displays are primarily organized chronologically. The objects include sculptures, statuary, paintings, and stained-glass windows.

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This thematic exhibition featured a dialogue between fashion and masterworks of medieval art in The Met collection to examine fashion’s ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism. The museum’s largest show ever, “Heavenly Bodies” showcased more than 40 liturgical garments on loan from the Vatican. Catholic iconography has long inspired designers, from Coco Chanel to Gianni Versace to Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Catholicism, of course, has nearly 2,000 years of symbols to rely on, and so its influence looms large on fashion.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City, is the largest art museum in the United States with among the most significant art collections. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided among nineteen curatorial departments. The collection of Egyptian art at the Met is known to be one of the best in the whole world. Dating for the Paleolithic to the Roman period visitors can see up to 36,000 artifacts which started to be collected in 1906 when public interest in ancient Egypt suddenly grew. The Egyptian Collection is housed in 32 major galleries and 8 study galleries. The objects are arranged chronologically.

pharaoh bust

coffin

sahura and a deity

twentieth dynasty models

temple of dendur

falcon

gold sandals

rishi coffins

relief

blue figure

imhoteps coffin

serenity

pillar

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Alyson Hannigan

NAME: Alyson Hannigan
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Television Actress
BIRTH DATE: March 24, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH: Washington, D.C.
FULL NAME: Alyson Lee Hannigan
HEIGHT: 1.64 m
WEIGHT: 52 kg
EYE COLOR: Green
RELIGION: Jewish
ZODIAC SIGN: Aries
SPOUSE: Alexis Denisof
ChILDREN: 2

Neil Patrick Harris

NAME: Neil Patrick Harris
OCCUPATION: Actor
BIRTH DATE: June 15, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH: Albuquerque, New Mexico
FULL NAME: Neil Patrick Harris
HEIGHT: 1,83 m
WEIGHT: 82 kg
EYE COLOR: Blue
RELIGION: Agnostic
ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini
PARTNER: David Burtka
ChILDREN: 2

Cobie Smulders

NAME: Cobie Smulders
OCCUPATION: Actress
BIRTH DATE: April 3, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
FULL NAME: Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders
HEIGHT: 1.73 m
WEIGHT: 64 kg
EYE COLOR: Blue
RELIGION: Jewish
ZODIAC SIGN: Aries
SPOUSE: Taran Killam
ChILDREN: 1

Josh Radnor

NAME: Josh Radnor
OCCUPATION: Actor, film director, producer, screenwriter
BIRTH DATE: July 29, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH: Columbus, OH
FULL NAME: Joshua Thomas Radnor
HEIGHT: 1,83 m
WEIGHT: 75 kg
ZODIAC SIGN: Leo

Jason Segel

NAME: Jason Segel
OCCUPATION: Actor, screenwriter, composer, musician, singe
BIRTH DATE: January 18, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
FULL NAME: Jason Jordan Segel
HEIGHT: 1.93 m
RELIGION: non-religious semi-agnostic
ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

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