New York: Jeruzalém a jeho kultura v letech 1000 - 1400 (Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven)

Anotace:

Metropolitní muzeum umění v New Yorku připravilo jako hlavní akci podzimní sezóny výstavu Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven. Na výstavu je zapůjčeno přes 200 exponátů z 60 uměleckých a historických sbírek, které dokumentují křesťanskou, židovskou a muslimskou kulturu, která je s Jeruzalémem spojena v době vrcholného středověku.

K výstavě, která potrvá od 26. září 2016 do 8. ledna 2017, vychází rozsáhlý katalog (352 stran) na kterém se podílelo přes čtyřicet renomovaných odborníků. Hlavními kurátorkami jsou Barbara Drake Boehm a Melanie Holcomb.

Peter Kováč

Internet:

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/jerusalem

Anotace pořadatelů:

This exhibition will illuminate the key role that the Holy City played in shaping the art of the period from 1000 to 1400. While Jerusalem is often described as a city of three faiths, that formulation underestimates its fascinating complexity. In fact, the city was home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. History records harmonious and dissonant voices of people from many lands, passing in the narrow streets of a city not much larger than midtown Manhattan. This will be the first exhibition to unravel the various cultural traditions and aesthetic strands that enriched and enlivened the medieval city.

Over 200 works of art will be gathered from some 60 lenders worldwide. Nearly a quarter of the objects will come from Jerusalem, including key loans from its religious communities, some of which have never before shared their treasures outside their walls. Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven will bear witness to the crucial role that the city has played in shaping world culture, a lesson vital to our common history.