I'm in New York all this week, and taking the opportunity to do a few things I don't usually have time for when I'm only up for a night or two. I can't remember if this was my third or fourth visit to
The Cloisters, but at any rate I love being able to pretend I'm back in Europe for a few hours. It was gloriously warm and sunny out, entirely too spring-like for late November.
The Bonnefont Cloister and herb garden.
These ladies have always been my favorites of the collection. They're early 16th-century reliquary busts;
here's a better photo.
One of many spooky characters carved in the capital
s of the Cuxa Cloister.
Tomb effigy of a knight in the Gothic Chapel.
(I'm skeptical.)
4 comments:
Maybe they used "miracle gro" on the magic plants.
Ooh, I loved the Cloisters when I visited! Thanks for bringing back my happy memories of them. :-)
I've lived here for a decade and can you believe I've never really visited the Cloisters? (Beyond walking past.)
You've inspired a trip uptown with this post.
I really want to visit the Cloisters, but I never make it there. Next trip to NY I need to finally go!
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