Tree of a bygone era still relevant today

By Fiona Ogilvie
May 26 2018 - 4:30am
'Taste' c. 1500AD, from 'The lady and the unicorn' series, Musée National du Moyen Âge (Musée de Cluny), Paris. (Photo © RMN-GP/M Urtado, ‘The lady and the unicorn’ exhibition.)
'Taste' c. 1500AD, from 'The lady and the unicorn' series, Musée National du Moyen Âge (Musée de Cluny), Paris. (Photo © RMN-GP/M Urtado, ‘The lady and the unicorn’ exhibition.)

The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, currently showing at the NSW Art Gallery, include four trees: Oak, Pine, Holly and a Citrus tree. The six tapestries represent five senses: taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight, together with a possible sixth, perhaps love, perhaps understanding. Intriguingly, the trees are shown differently in each tapestry.

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