Kids and adults alike are sure to return to this beautifully illustrated and engaging story again and again. A tour de force of history and imagination, The Lady and the Unicorn is Tracy Chevaliers answer to the mystery behind one of the art worlds great masterpieces. Parents will love how the book connects the illustrations to the symbols and meanings of the original Unicorn Tapestries, which were created in the Middle Ages. green cloth, gilt lettering, no dust jacket, 104 pp spine sunned covers lightly worn. Gallop into the mythical world of this beautifully illustrated and educational picture book adventure about love, magic, and art history, inspired by the. When the unicorn finds his way into a secret garden in the forest, he discovers a young lady who just may have powers more magical than his own.Ĭhildren will be drawn in by the vibrant illustrations and captivated by the detailed scenes of the unicorn and his forest friends and foes. Nicolas des Innocents, a handsome, lascivious artist, is summoned to the Paris home of Jean Le Viste, a nobleman who wants Nicolas to design a series of battle. The Lady and the Unicorn invites young readers into an enchanting tale of a unicorn who must outsmart a lord and his huntsmen. Gallop into the mythical world of this beautifully illustrated and educational picture book adventure about love, magic, and art history, inspired by the Unicorn Tapestries held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Cluny Museum in Paris. Interweaving historical fact with fiction, this richly textured novel by the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring explores the mystery behind the creation of the remarkable Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, woven at the end of the fifteenth century, which today hang in the Cluny Museum in Paris.
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