With its rhythmic disposition of columns and piers, the confined space of the monastic cloister offered an ideal opportunity for an extended program of sculptural decoration.
column, might nonetheless receive ornamentation drawn from a classical repertory (Toulouse
Expérience Sensible, Evelyne Ugaglia and Adeline Grand-Clément, eds. p. 140, Toulouse
Conservator Lucretia Kargère discusses two twelfth-century sculptures in the Museum’s collection that have been reunited at The Met Cloisters on the occasion of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.
, and many carry esoteric names such as Gislebertus from Autun; Gilabertus from Toulouse
Breslau, Poland, 1889–New York, 1945
French internment camps for enemy nationals and refugees: in Gurs (May–July 1940), Toulouse
are: (left foreground) John the Baptist and Francis, (left background) Louis of Toulouse
From the cloister of the royal abbey of Saint-Denis, France.; marquis de Migieu, Savigny-les-Beaune (about 1771?); vicomte de Vaulchier ; [ Dealer, Versailles (?)]; [ Alphonse Kann (French), Paris (sold 1920)]
"El románico y el Mediterráneo: Cataluña, Toulouse y Pisa, 1120-1180," February
Signature: Lower margin: J.B. Greuze pinx. R. Gaillard Sculp.Inscription: Lower margin: La Femme Colère; and the following verses: Lise calmez votre courroux/Vous cessez d’être Femme, et vous n’êtes plus Mère/Tout parle ici pour votre Epoux/Vos filles plus sages que vous/Remplissent leur devoir, gardent leur caractère,/En réparant vos torts, et consolant leur Père
Exh. cat., Tours and Toulouse.
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with Metal Mounts ca. 11th century Coffret with the Legend of Guilhem, count of Toulouse
The Crusaders then took over many of the cities on the Mediterranean coast and built a large number of fortified castles all over the Holy Land to protect their new territories.
for the churches of Europe celebrated their links to the Holy Land ( 2002.18); Toulouse
Drawn to universities and large cities, Franciscan and Dominican friars lived and preached among the people, supporting themselves by working and begging for food.
endowed new houses: Saint Guilhem, for instance, was duke of Aquitaine and count of Toulouse
