Papal robes and accessories from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, many of which have never been seen outside The Vatican, were on view in the Anna Wintour Costume Center. Fashions from the early twentieth century to the present were shown in the Byzantine and medieval galleries of the Robert Lehman Wing, and at The Met Cloisters. The exhibition attracted over 1.65 million visitors and broke the previous record achieved by Treasures of Tutankhamun in 1978.
FRANK Showcase Systems, working through our American distributor, Gaylord.
Archival, collaborated with the Met team and New Project LLC to provide a mix of glass and acrylic museum display cases to exhibit a variety of sacred garments, vestments, and fashion. A multi-panel custom showcase incorporating the architectural columns of a medieval cloister and mannequins in religious habit-inspired fashions highlights the creative possibilities inherent in the FRANK System.
video © 2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credits by | Director: Kate Farrell | Producer: Melissa Bell | Editor: Sarah Cowan | Production Coordinator: Kaelan Burkett | Steadicam: Kelly Richardson | Additional Cameras: Wayne De La Roche, Sarah Cowan | Lighting Designer: Ned Hallick | Gaffers: Foster McLaughlin, Christopher Yurnet | Production Assistants: Bryan Martin, Kimberly Cionca Sebesanu | Original Music: Austin Fisher
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
The Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute’s 2018 blockbuster at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters featured a dialogue between fashion and medieval art from the museum’s collection to examine fashion’s ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism.
The exhibit explores a complex territory – the intersection of faith and fashion, the sacred and profane, that has inspired amazing sartorial innovation.
CountryUSAClientMetropolitan Museum of ArtDesignNew Project LLCYear2018ExhibitionHeavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic ImaginationLinkwww.metmuseum.org© Photo byFRANK Europe GmbH
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