Kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Meyi, ekugubheni unyaka weminyaka engama-75 wemnyuziyamu nezingadi zase-The Cloisters, I-Metropolitan Museum of Art izokwamukela ngeviki elifanayo e-The Cloisters kumalungu omphakathi avakashela isakhiwo esikhulu se-Metropolitan Museum kuqala. Ukwamukelwa okuhlangene kwesonto elilodwa kuyintuthuko nokunwetshwa kwenqubomgomo yosuku olufanayo ebilokhu isebenza phakathi kwezakhiwo amashumi eminyaka. Isivakashi esinerisidi yokwamukelwa evela esakhiweni esikhulu se-Metropolitan Museum sizoba negunya lenkinobho eyodwa eyengeziwe yokwamukela i-The Cloisters kuze kube yizinsuku eziyisikhombisa. I-Cloisters—umnyuziyamu wegatsha leMetropolitan onikezelwe kwezobuciko nezakhiwo zeNkathi Ephakathi—itholakala eFort Tryon Park, enyakatho yeManhattan.
UThomas P. Campbell, uMqondisi kanye ne-CEO ye-Metropolitan Museum, waphawula: “I-Cloisters iyindawo engavamile, umzila ohamba ngaphansi komhlaba osheshayo, ibhasi, noma ukugibela amatekisi ukusuka maphakathi nedolobha laseManhattan. Kodwa siyaqaphela ukuthi ukuvakashela isakhiwo esikhulu se-Met kanye ne-The Cloisters ngosuku olulodwa kuyisifiso sokuvelela; manje izigidi zezivakashi zethu zingajabulela kokubili okuhlangenwe nakho phakathi nesonto futhi zihlanganyele ekugubheni lo nyaka obalulekile wesikhumbuzo.”
Umnyuziyamu nezingadi zaseCloisters zinemisebenzi edumile evela eqoqweni le-Metropolitan Museum elidume umhlaba wonke lobuciko benkathi ephakathi, okuhlanganisa ne-Unicorn Tapestries edumile kanye namakhulu ezibonelo zezingilazi ezinhle ezinemibala, umsebenzi wensimbi, oqweqwe lwawo, amazinyo endlovu, nemidwebo, konke kusendaweni ebabazekayo yezakhiwo eduze. i-Hudson River evusa iNkathi Ephakathi. Ingxenye ebalulekile ye-The Cloisters naphakathi kwezinto ezikhangayo ezinkulu lapho ivulwa ngo-1938 futhi namuhla, izingadi zitshalwe kuma-cloister akhiwe kabusha e-Romanesque kanye ne-Gothic.
Iminikelo ekhethekile izobandakanya imibukiso ethi Search for the Unicorn: An Exhibition in Honor of The Cloisters' 75th Anniversary, isethulo sesithombe esifana ne-unicorn emithonjeni yezindaba ehlukahlukene (ebukwayo ngoMeyi 15–Agasti 18); UJanet Cardiff: I-Forty Part Motet, ukufakwa okuzwakalayo kwengoma ka-Tudor ethi Spem in alium kaThomas Tallis e-The Cloisters' Fuentidueña Chapel nge-apse yayo yekhulu le-12 (Septhemba 10–Disemba 8); kanye ne-Canterbury Stained Glass, isibonisi samaphaneli engilazi enemibala ye-Romanesque avela e-Canterbury Cathedral yase-England (February 25–May 18, 2014). Izinhlelo zemfundo zihlanganisa ukuvakasha okuhleliwe kwamahhala kwamagalari nezingadi, izinhlelo zomndeni ngezimpelaviki, kanye noSuku Lwengadi ehlobo. Okugqamile uchungechunge oludumile lwamakhonsathi okubhaliselwe omculo wenkathi ephakathi neRenaissance entwasahlobo nobusika.
I-Medieval Garden Enclosed, ibhulogi ebuyekezwa njalo mayelana nezingadi e-The Cloisters, ifakwe kuwebhusayithi ye-Metropolitan Museum kusukela ngo-2008 (http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/).
Ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana ne-Cloisters kanye nomlando walo weminyaka engu-75 luyatholakala kuwebhusayithi ye-Museum ethi www.metmuseum.org/cloisters.
Silandele ku-Facebook.com/metmuseum, Twitter.com/metmuseum, naku-Instagram.com/metmuseum ukuze ujoyine ingxoxo emayelana nokugubha usuku. Sebenzisa i-#Cloisters75 ku-Twitter naku-Instagram.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The Cloisters museum and gardens features renowned works from the Metropolitan Museum's world-famous collection of medieval art, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries and hundreds of examples of exquisite stained glass, metalwork, enamels, ivories, and paintings, all in a magnificent architectural setting along the Hudson River that evokes the Middle Ages.
- Beginning May 1, in celebration of the 75th-anniversary year of The Cloisters museum and gardens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will offer same-week admission to The Cloisters for members of the public who visit the Metropolitan Museum's main building first.
- An integral part of The Cloisters and among its major attractions when it opened in 1938 and today, the gardens are planted in reconstructed Romanesque and Gothic cloisters.
