Indlela yokubona i-Unicorn Tapestries eNew York, eParis naseScotland

Ukungaveli kwiminyaka emakhulu eminyaka yobudala bembali yobugcisa

Ngaphandle kokusinda kwiminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu emfazwe kunye neenguqulelo, ii-Unicorn Tapestries ngoku zihlala zikhuselekileyo ezindongeni ze- Met Cloisters , isebe eliphakathi kweMetropolitan Museum of Art eNew York. Bayizalela umbukeli ehlathini elide njengokuba ibali lokuzingela i-unicorn libonakalisa indawo-ngumboniso, kwimifanekiso elandelelana eyenzelwe ukugqithisa ngokupheleleyo iindonga zenkqantosi yokuvuselela. Imibukiso ibonisa abazingeli baxosha i-unicorn kumasimi kunye namahlathi ukuze nabo banakho uphondo lwakhe lomlingo, oluhlambulukileyo.

Ongaziwayo okanye owaziwayo malunga nee-Tapestries. Iingcamango zininzi, kodwa akukho mdwebo, inkcazo okanye irhafu ekhoyo ukusuka kwinto ebonakalayo yiprojekthi yaminyaka emininzi eyenziwe ngabaculi abaninzi kumazwe amabini. Ukusekwa kwi-Met Cloisters ekubhekiswe kuyo ngokuthi " I-Hunt ye-Unicorn " kuyimfihlelo enkulu.

KwiMisée Cluny eParis , kukho uluhlu oluhlukeneyo lwee-tapestries ezibizwa ngokuba yi-Unicorn Tapestries, kodwa zibizwa ngokuthe ngqo, " I-Lady kunye ne-Unicorn ." Ezi zicatshulwa ukuba ziboshwe kwii-1480s, nakwinkantolo yaseFransi, kodwa ngokwenene, akukho mntu uyayazi ukuba bathetha ukuthini okanye apho babenokuboniswa khona, kuphela ukuba ingubo yeengalo zikaJean Le Viste, ikosikazi yayifakiwe.

I-Lady kunye ne-Unicorn "yaziwa yaziwa ngexesha le-18 leminyaka, kodwa kwakungekho umlobi uPrasper Mérimée ebone ngo-1841 waza waqwalasela imeko yabo yokunciphisa. Emva koko umbhali uGeorge Sand wawaqonda kwaye ngo-1847 wabhala isihloko malunga nabo, siboniswe ngemifanekiso eyenziwa yonyana wakhe. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo kabini watyhicilela iingqungquthela malunga ne "Lady and Unicorn," de ibe iKhomishoni yeeMikhumbuzo zeMbali zizithenge ngo-1882 ukuba zixhomeke kwi-Musee des Thermes.

Ukuchazwa kweziganeko zeentombi, intombazana, izinja, i-monkey kunye ne-unicorn ephindaphindiweyo, kodwa njenge-Unicorn Tapestries kwi-Cloisters, akukho nyiyo-mfundiso iyamkelwa ngokubanzi. Abanye abantu bathi yinto engumzekelo weengqondo ezihlanu. Abanye bathi badala umoya wegadi edibeneyo elenga ezindongeni zendlu yokulala. Kodwa ngubani na? Incwadana ethi "I-Lady kunye ne-Unicorn" nguTracy Chevalier kukuhlolisiswa kwemfihlelo.

Emva kokuchitha iminyaka elishumi elinesithathu ekufundeni nasekufundiseni malunga ne-"The Hunt ye-Unicorn" I-tapestries, ndiyathemba ukuba uya kuvuyela oku kuphazamiseka kwemfihlelo eyenza le mibala ye-tapestries emnandi kakhulu.