Unknown, 1134 - Camel - fine art print

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A hermitage was constructed in the first half of the eleventh century at San Baudelio de Berlanga, which was situated along part of the frontier between Islamic and Christian lands. (The site is halfway between Madrid and Saragossa, just north of today’s main road.) The church interior was transformed a century later, after the hermitage at Berlanga came under the control of an agent of Alfonso I, king of Aragon and Navarre, in 1129. Two cycles of vibrant wall paintings were created for the community of monks established there; scenes from the Life of Christ were set on an upper level, while images of animals and hunting decorated the lower wall. The camel was associated with the lands of the Bible, but also with power, luxury, and the exotic.

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In 1134 the painter Unknown made this 12th century piece of art named Camel. The over 880 years old original had the following size: Overall: 97 x 53 1/2 in (246,4 x 135,9 cm) and was manufactured with the technique fresco transferred to canvas. What is more, this work of art can be viewed in in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's art collection, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. This classic art public domain piece of art is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1961. Creditline of the artwork: The Cloisters Collection, 1961. Moreover, alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a side ratio of 9 : 16, which means that the length is 45% shorter than the width.

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