The Unicorn Tapestries in New York and Paris

Amuze Art Lecture #173: A discussion about two series of unicorn tapestries from around 1500. The first series is entitled The Lady and the Unicorn and is on display in the Musée de Cluny in Paris. The second series is entitled The Unicorn Tapestries and is on display at The Cloisters in New York.
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Chapters
0:00 Unicorns
1:27 The Lady and the Unicorn
5:50 The Unicorn Tapestries
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Music: Canon in D Major by Kevin MacLeod

[@belendemaria1989]

I LOVE the Unicorn Tapestries, it's my dream to see them in person some day. Thank you for the video!

[@AmuzeArt]

Hope you can see them!

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[@AmuzeArt]

Thanks

[@normabuccianti2681]

Interesting lesson, as always. Thank you!

[@AmuzeArt]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it

[@for.tax.reasons]

Oh my god I've been waiting for this!! Thank you for sharing

[@AmuzeArt]

My pleasure, loved digging into these works

[@deborahberger5816]

To me, one of the most delightful things about Medieval art is the way animals are given anthropomorphic faces. In the bestiaries, animals symbolize human goodness and human frailty. Given the religious theme of the unicorn story, I suspect that the land animals in the background of the tapestries, like the vain monkey, have their own special meaning as well. How about the birds? Do individual birds have specific significance?

[@AmuzeArt]

It's a great question, and I was looking for a good answer to that. But the answer was not that clear. Yes, there is some meaning to the animals and flowers in general, and some in specific, but it was not clear whether each animal had a specific meaning. For example, barking dogs or falcons can be a reference to evil.

[@deborahberger5816]

That might be a good topic for a video -- the symbolism of animals that can be identified. BTW, your use of the "Canon in D" by Pachelbel is the perfect accompany to this one.