INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ART:UNIT 50:Media-Embroidery and Tapestry

INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Textiles in Use
Domestic setting	Ecclesiastical context
Très riches heures of Jean, Duc de Berry January Page

Artists
"The Embroiderer" from the "Courtly Life" Tapestry Cycle Paris: Musée de Cluny

Artists

"The Embroiderer" from the "Courtly Life"
Tapestry Cycle

Paris: Musée de Cluny

Examples of Embroidery
Bayeux Tapestry (soon after 1066)	Glove of Emperor Frederick II
Cope of Pope Nicholas IV 1288 Ascoli, Italy	Mitre of bishop Jean de Marigny, second quarter 14th century Evreux Museum, inv. 9992

Tapestry Techniques
Tapestry Weaving

Examples of Tapestry
Life of Joseph Coptic 6th - 8th Century	Viking Textile Oseberg Ship Burial Site ca 850
Tapestry of the Apocalypse The Dragon moves against the Servants of God cartoons by Nicholas Bataille, c 1373-80 Angers: Musée des Tapisseries	c Tapestry of the Nine Heroes: detail, King Arthur France- 14th century New York: Metropolitan Museum, The Cloisters
Unicorn Tapestries The Unicorn in Captivity New York: Metropolitan Museum,The Cloisters

Embroidery: Needlework, not to be confused with tapestry.

Tapestry: Fabric woven with weft and warp, not to be confused with embroidery (the Bayeux Tapestry is really an embroidery).