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Focus On The Unicorn Tapestries For My Renaissance Art Project

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I decided to focus on the Unicorn Tapestries for my Renaissance art project. The Unicorn Tapestries are a series of seven tapestries originally known as The Hunt of the Unicorn, and are tentatively dated between 1495 and 1505 which, according to the book timeline, is during the High Renaissance in Italy and the continuing Renaissance in the rest of Europe. Very little is known about the origin of these tapestries, and they are believed to have originated in the Southern Netherlands in Brussels. They are in phenomenal condition and the colors are still brilliant. Only one of the tapestries is missing a piece—The Mysterious Capture of the Unicorn a.k.a. The Virgin’s Capture of the Unicorn is only pictured in two fragments that were recovered. They are currently housed in The Cloisters, which are owned by The Metropolitan …show more content…

If you follow the Pagan symbolism, it is a story about the classic medieval tales of love. According to mythology, unicorns are pure, immortal beings which are immune to evil. Nobody can capture them unless they are pure of heart, which was usually portrayed as virgins were the only people able to tame them, which seems to be evidenced in the fifth tapestry. The unicorn coming back to life in the last tapestry is due to unicorns being immortal creatures. However, if you follow the Christian symbolism, it is the story of the passion of the Christ. This story is told much the same way, the unicorn represents Christ and the hunters represent the Romans. It is the story of the Romans turning on Jesus and crucifying him only for him to rise again. The crucifixion is seen in the sixth tapestry when the hunters kill the unicorn, and the resurrection is seen in the seventh tapestry when the unicorn lives again. The virgin is then seen as a representation of Mary, and the relationship she had with

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