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Article: HANGING ON HYDE TAPESTRY SHOW WEAVES RENAISSANCE OF ANCIENT SKILL.(Show)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 21, 1991
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Byline: Martin Moynihan Staff writer
Everybody knows what a tapestry is. It's the medieval version of a "wall hanging," a picture woven into cloth that represents the plight of mankind. No hall would be great without one.
There's one hanging in Glens Falls in the Hyde Collection, called "The Triumph of Love." Darkened over the centuries but still clear, it is part of a larger French tapestry that has been mostly lost, depicting the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe, classical young lovers who ended up much like Romeo and Juliet.
But if you think the art of tapestry-weaving ended with the 15th century, head downstairs and into the museum's modern new ...
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