“Amongst the violence and the chaos, you have to dissect the beauty and the tranquility that's taking place here.”
Curator Charles Little on a thirteenth-century relief of the betrayal and arrest of Jesus.
Arresting
Charles T. Little
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Contributors
Charles T. Little
Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Photography by Karin L. Willis
Art Mentioned
French
1264–88
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