Indlela yokubona i-Unicorn Tapestries eNew York, eParis naseScotland

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Njengoba engasindanga iminyaka engamakhulu amahlanu empi nempi, i-Unicorn Tapestries manje isilondekile ezindongeni zeMet Cloisters , igatsha eliphakathi laMetropolitan Museum of Art eNew York. Bafaka umbukeli emahlathini asendulo njengoba indaba yokuzingela i-unicorn iveza indawo-by-scene, emifanekisweni elandelanayo eyenzelwe ukumboza ngokuphelele izindonga zendlu yokuvuselela kabusha. Izigcawu zikhombisa abazingeli baxosha i-unicorn emasimini nasemasimini ukuze nabo babe nempumputhe, nokuhlanza.

Okuncane okungaziwa noma okuqondakalayo nge-Tapestries. Imibono igcwele, kodwa akukho umdwebo, incazelo noma irisidi ekhona kulokho okwakungenzeka iphrojekthi yonyaka eminingi eyenziwa ngabaningi bezobuciko emazweni amabili. Isethi e-Met Cloisters ebizwa ngokuthi " I-Hunt ye-Unicorn " iyimfihlakalo enkulu kakhulu.

E- Musée Cluny e-Paris , kunesethi ehlukile yezintambo ezibizwa ngokuthi i-Unicorn Tapestries, kodwa zibizwa ngokuthi " i-Lady ne-Unicorn ". Lezi zicatshangwa ukuthi zenziwe ngo-1480, futhi enkantolo yaseFrance, kodwa empeleni, akekho owaziyo ukuthi zisho ukuthini noma ukuthi zaziphi ekuqaleni, kuphela ukuthi ingubo yezingalo zikaJean le Viste, inkosikazi yayihlanganisiwe.

"I-Lady ne-Unicorn" yahlelwa yayaziwa ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-18, kodwa kwaze kwaze kwaba yilapho umlobi uPrasper Mérimée ebona khona ngo-1841 futhi wakhumbula isimo sabo sokuncipha. Khona-ke umlobi uGeorge Sand wawaqaphela futhi ngo-1847 wabhala isihloko ngabo, esiboniswe ngemidwebo eyenziwe yindodana yakhe. Kakhulu kabili wanyathelisa izingqikithi mayelana ne "Lady and the Unicorn," kuze kube yilapho iKhomishane yeziMemezelo zeMlando zizithenga ngo-1882 ukuze zihlale e-Musee des Thermes.

Ukuchazwa kwezigcawu zendodakazikazi, intombazane, izinja, i-monkey ne-unicorn yande, kodwa njenge-Unicorn Tapestries e-Cloisters, akukho mbono eyodwa eyamukelwa kabanzi. Abanye abantu bathi iyinkolelo yezinzwa ezinhlanu. Abanye bathi badala umkhathi wensimu ehlanganisiwe elele ezindongeni zokulala. Kodwa ubani? Incwadi ethi "The Lady and the Unicorn" nguTracy Chevalier yikuhlolisisa okuyimfihlakalo.

Sekuyiminyaka engaba yishumi nantathu efunda futhi efundisa nge "The Hunt for Unicorn" Tapestries, ngithemba ukuthi uzokujabulela lokhu kuphazamiseka kwemfihlakalo eyenza lezi tapestries ezinhle kakhulu ezikhangayo nakakhulu.