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Margaret B. Freeman
Margaret B. Freeman (1899 – 24 May 1980) was an American art historian who was the head curator of The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to medieval art and architecture, from 1955 to 1965. She studied medieval tapestries as well as the use of plants in medieval art. Early life and education Margaret Beam Freeman was born in 1899 in West Orange, New Jersey. She attended Wellesley College before receiving her master's degree from Columbia University. Career After receiving her master's degree, Freeman worked as a research assistant at The Newark Museum of Art. After parting with the museum in 1925, she taught at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In 1928, Freeman was hired as the first lecturer at the original site for The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she gave lectures on Egyptian and medieval art. While researching the history and symbolism of medieval plants, Freeman aided James J. Rorimer in planning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cloisters
The Cloisters, also known as the Met Cloisters, is a museum in the Washington Heights, Manhattan, Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, New York City. The museum, situated in Fort Tryon Park, specializes in European medieval art and medieval architecture, architecture, with a focus on the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque and Gothic architecture, Gothic periods. Governed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it contains a large collection of medieval artworks shown in the architectural settings of French monasteries and abbeys. Its buildings are centered around four cloisters—the Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, Bonnefont and Trie—that were acquired by American sculptor and art dealer George Grey Barnard in France before 1913, and moved to New York. Barnard's collection was bought for the museum by financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Other major sources of objects were the collections of J. P. Morgan and Joseph Brummer. The museum's building was designed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
