Art History Lecture Series: A Thousand Flowers: The Unicorn Tapestries in Paris
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Tapestries were the ultimate luxury item in late medieval Europe, and many bear a symbolic ground known as mille-fleurs or “thousand flowers”. Such flowers form the backdrop of the famous series of unicorn tapestries, now housed in the Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris, which focuses on the five senses. Inspired by upcoming exhibition Wallflowers, on display through May 18, this lecture will explore the significance and legacy of these famed tapestries.
About the Art History Lecture Series:
The Frye Art Museum presents a new season of lectures by art historian Rebecca Albiani, exploring masterpieces of world art, and offering pivotal context to deepen understanding of works on view at the Frye.
About the Instructor:
Rebecca Albiani has been an arts lecturer at the Frye Art Museum since 1997. A former Graduate Lecturing Fellow at the National Gallery in Washington D.C., and a Fulbright Scholar in Venice, she holds an MA from Stanford University and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Free
Located in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood since 1952, the Frye is the city’s only free art museum. The Founding Collection of primarily late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century European art was gifted in perpetuity to the people of Seattle by prominent early-twentieth-century Seattle business leaders and art collectors Charles and Emma Frye. In addition, the museum owns... (Read more)