Yuav ua li cas thiaj pom Unicorn Tapestries nyob rau hauv New York, Paris thiab Scotland

Unraveling tsis pub dhau 500 xyoo keeb kwm kos duab paub tsis meej

Vim tias muaj tsawg tshaj tsib caug xyoo ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog thiab lub kiv puag ncig, Unicorn Tapestries tam sim no ntes tau zoo ntawm cov phab ntsa ntawm Cloisters , tus ceg medieval ceg ntawm Metropolitan Museum of Art hauv New York. Lawv nkag mus rau hauv cov hav zoov thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg hav zoov raws li ib zaj dab neeg ntawm lub tsho tiv thaiv tsis tuaj yeem ua rau scene-los-scene, hauv cov duab zoo uas tau tsim los ua kom tag nrho cov phab ntsa ntawm lub Renaissance tsev fuabtais. Scenes qhia cov neeg yos hav zoov nrhiav cov neeg tua tsiaj ua ke ntawm cov chaw thiab hav zoov kom lawv thiaj li tau txais nws lub khawv koob, huv si.

Me ntsis yog paub lossis to taub txog cov Tapestries. Tswv yim abound, tab sis tsis muaj cov duab, cov lus piav qhia los yog daim ntawv muaj nyob ntawm seb qhov twg yog qhov ua tau ntau lub xyoo uas tau ua tiav los ntawm ntau cov neeg ua yeeb yam dhau ob lub teb chaws. Lub teeb ntawm Met Cloisters hu ua " The Hunt for the Unicorn " yog ib qho zoo kawg li paub tsis meej.

Ntawm Musée Cluny nyob rau Paris , muaj ntau txheej ntawm tapestries hu ua Unicorn Tapestries, tab sis muaj ntau lub npe, " Tus poj niam thiab cov Unicorn ." Cov no yog lam tau lam ua rau hauv 1480s, kuj nyob hauv Fabkis lub tsev hais plaub, tab sis tiag, tsis muaj leej twg paub txog lawv txhais li cas los yog qhov chaw lawv pom tshwm li cas, tsuas yog tias lub tsho tiv no ntawm caj npab ntawm Jean le Viste, tus txiv neej muaj npe.

"Cov pojniam thiab cov Unicorn" txheej tau raug hu ua thaum ntxov xyoo 18th, tab sis nws tsis yog txog thaum uas sau phau ntawv hu ua Prosper Mérimée pom thaum 1841 thiab tau mloog lawv cov kev mob nkeeg. Tom qab ntawd tus kws sau ntawv George Sand tau paub txog lawv thiab 1847 tau sau ib tsab xov xwm txog lawv, qhia txog cov duab kos los ntawm nws tus tub. Ob zaug nws luam tawm txog "Tus poj niam thiab cov Unicorn," kom txog rau thaum lub Rooj Tsav Xwm Monuments Historiques yuav tau them rau xyoo 1882 mus dai rau hauv Musee des Thermes.

Cov txhais lus ntawm tus poj niam, tus ntxhais, dev, tus liab thiab ib qho uas tsis muaj leej twg, tab sis zoo li Unicorn Tapestries ntawm Cloisters, tsis muaj ib lub tswv yim dav txais. Qee cov neeg hais tias lawv yog ib qho xwm txheej ntawm tsib qhov kev xav. Lwm tus neeg hais tias lawv tau tsim cov cua ntawm ib lub vaj teb ntim uas dai ntawm phab ntsa ntawm tus poj niam lub chav pw. Tab sis rau leej twg? Phau ntawv "The Lady and the Unicorn" los ntawm Tracy Chevalier yog qhov kev tshawb nrhiav tsis tseeb ntawm kev paub.

Thaum siv sijhawm kaum peb xyoos kawm thiab lecturing txog "Lub Hunt rau lub Unicorn" Tapestries, Kuv vam tias koj yuav zoo siab qhov kev ua txhaum ntawm cov tsis paub uas ua rau qhov zoo nkauj tapestries txawm zoo nkauj tshaj.