Vakashela ezinyangeni zasebusika ukuze uthole ukuthula okuhlangenwe nakho
Lezididi ziyi-draw enkulu yezivakashi ku-Cloisters, kodwa ngincoma ngokuqinile ukuvakashela kuleli gatsha leMetropolitan Museum of Art ebusika, ikakhulukazi ngemva nje kwesiphepho seqhwa. Nakuba ukhona ngempela eManhattan, i-Cloisters inomuzwa wokuthi uhambo oluya eFrance noma e-Italy ephakathi. Iqhwa livame ukugcina izixuku ezinkulu futhi ukuthula nokuhlala kwedwa kumamyuziyamu akufani nanoma kuphi eNew York City .
I-Cloisters yakhiwa phakathi kuka-1934 no-1938, Nakuba lesi sakhiwo sonke sesimanje, senza izingxenye zezinhlaka zasemuva ezidlulile ezinjenge-apse evela eSpain nezinhlangano eziyisihlanu zamadolobha amakhulu kanye namakholomu avela eFrance. Imigwaqo yasemuva, amafasitela, nezinsimbi zamatshe zitholakala kuzo zonke igalari. Kuyinto ejulile lapho ukuqoqwa kobuciko obudlulile besikhathi esidlule kuboniswa kumongo obonisa ukubonisa kwawo noma umsebenzi. Ngisho nangaphandle kokubheka kakhulu iqoqo, ukuvakashela ku-Cloisters kuyindlela ephuphayo, ecishe ifinyelele.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kuqala njengoba uhamba esitimeleni. Thatha isitimela kuya ku-190th Street futhi qiniseka ukuthi uphume nge-elevators ukuya e-Fort Washington Avenue. (Uma uphuma ezingeni lomgwaqo futhi uzitholele kwi-Bennett Avenue, vele ubuye esiteshini bese uthatha iziphakamisi, kungadingeki ukuthi uswayiphinde i-MetroCard yakho.) Uma ungaphandle, ungalindela ibhasi le-M4 elizokuhambisa nge Fort Tryon Park, noma ungahamba.
I-Fort Tryon Park, lapho isayithi lempi yempi eguquguqukayo, iqukethe amagquma, izindlela, nezindawo zokubuka. Kusuka esitimeleni, faka ipaki nge Circle Margaret Corbin. Okokuqala uzobona yi-Heather Gardens okuyizinto ezikhangayo unyaka wonke.
Ngosuku lweqhwa, kuyoba nemindeni eminingi yendawo ngaphandle kwe-sledding futhi uhambe izinja zabo.
Uzophinda udlulise i-New Leaf Cafe, indawo yokudlela epulazini lapho ungayeka khona ikhofi, ama-pastries noma kwasemini. Njengoba uhamba epaki, ubheke uMfula i-Hudson lapho isakhiwo kuphela ozosibona iSt. Peter's College. Ngo-1933 uJohn D. Rockefeller, uJr wathenga amahektare angaba ngu-700 kumaPalisades aKwasePalisades ukuze alondoloze umbono ovela kwi-Cloisters. Ukuhamba ngokuqondile ku-Cloisters ngendlela emgwaqweni omkhulu (landela indlela yebhayisikili) kuthatha cishe imizuzu engu-7. Ukuhamba okude emigwaqweni yepaki kungathatha imizuzu engu-20-30. Thatha isikhathi sakho futhi ujabulele.
Ngaphakathi kweyamamyuziyamu, isikhungo seqoqo i-Cuxa cloister, uchungechunge lwezihloko eziqoshwe ekhulwini le-12 le-monastery yaseSan-Michel-de-Cuxa. Kusukela ngoNovemba kuya kuNcwaba, ingilazi ihlanganisa izindawo ezivela ensimini, okudala umphumela wokubheka iqhwa elikhulu leqhwa. Ama-arcades agcwele izitshalo ezinamanzi ezaziwa futhi zihlonywe eNkathini Ephakathi. Hlala kwelinye lamabhentshi eduze kwama-heat grates bese ushisa umhlane wakho ekuthuleni okuthula.
I-Galleries ye-Cloisters
Lezindawo zemibukiso ngokuvamile zizolile ezinsukwini zeqhwa ezizokuvumela ukuthi ubude ubuke ubuncwane obuhle kakhulu. Futhi kukhona eminye imisebenzi ebaluleke kakhulu okumelwe ungaphuthelwa.
- I-Unicorn Tapestries: Eboshwe cishe ngo-1500, lezi zindwangu ze-wool, i-silika ne-gilt ziqukethe umlando wokuzingela kwe-unicorn.
- I-Altare Yesihenqo Se-Merode: i-altarpiece yangasese yokuziphendulela eyakhelwe indlu yangasese ema-1420, lo mdwebo ungumsebenzi odume kakhulu weNyakatho Renaissance. Ephaneli eliphakathi, i-Archangel Gabriel iletha izindaba kuMariya oMariya obonakala efunda emzini wakhe wendawo edlule. Ngenkathi uMoya oNgcwele ubonakala ehla phezu kwakhe ngekhandlela elisha, umphefumulo omncane kaKristu uphuthuma ngqo ngefasitela elingenalutho, ebambe isiphambano, ehamba ngqo esibelethweni seVirgin. Vala ukubuka lo mdwebo ongavamile ovuzwa ngokungapheli.
- I-Belles Heures kaJean duc de Berry: Etholakale ezingeni eliphansi eMgcinimafa, ikhasi eliboniswa kulo mbhalo wesandla odume kakhulu futhi obalulekile kakhulu ushintsho ngezikhathi ezithile.
I-Cloisters iyimyuziyamu encane futhi kungenzeka ukubona yonke iqoqo ngamahora amabili. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uthatha uhambo oluqondisiwe, lalela i-Audioguide noma umane uzulazula, isipiliyoni se-museum sizothulisa ingqondo yakho futhi sikuthumele kwesinye isikhathi.