The earliest images, on the walls of the cloisters, or schwahl, were first painted around 1300.
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This former nunnery has rooms with stone fireplaces and views over the cloisters.
Even as the Cloisters tiptoes into the 21st century, Met officials are lobbying against a modern intrusion into the Cloisters' view.
The excavation, which began on 25 August, has uncovered the remains of the cloisters and chapter house, as well as the church.
In a neighbourhood once thronged by friars, pilgrims, criminals and beggars, school parties are encouraged to visit the cloisters and absorb their history.
On a recent morning, museum-goers were divided on the proposition of a contemporary installation in the contemplative chambers of the Cloisters even one that simulates the performance of medieval music.
Meanwhile, inside the Cloisters' stone walls, conservators and curators continue to immerse themselves, and their visitors, in the world of the Middle Ages, even as they contemplate apps and the contemporary-art set.
You can hike little-known Central Park trails, wander the grounds uptown at the Cloisters museum in Fort Tryon Park, or even kiss your sweetie in Times Square a la the famous V-J Day photo.
Peter Barnet, the Met's curator in charge of medieval art and the Cloisters, said he had been hoping for some time to bring in a work of contemporary art that complemented the Cloisters' setting and collection.
He said such a traditional approach to education was part of the success of private schools such as Westminster and Eton, "where the medieval cloisters connect seamlessly to the corridors of power".
Wine Tour Urbano currently takes place in the historic Monserrat district, offering tour participants the opportunity to taste velvety pinot noirs by a Patagonian winery in the lantern-lit cloisters of a 1700s Jesuit church or rich malbecs by a Mendoza bodega at a frescoed, 19th-century pharmacy.
He came to visit that year, giving a speech in the college's beautiful cloisters.
While Norwich Cathedral's towering spire may initially grab your attention, it is the Gothic vaulting and two-storey cloisters inside that truly enchant.
Its members remain fully immersed in the world and do not retreat to monasteries or cloisters.
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