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The Gero Cross. The Gero Cross or Gero Crucifix (German: Gero-Kreuz), of around 965–970, is the oldest large sculpture of the crucified Christ north of the Alps, and has always been displayed in Cologne Cathedral in Germany. It was commissioned by Gero, Archbishop of Cologne, who died in 976, thus providing a terminus ante quem for the work
The museum campus has grown to include four satellite galleries to the main building: Cy Twombly Gallery (also designed by Piano); The Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall, which houses Dominique de Menil's last commission (a series of three site-specific installations by Dan Flavin that were installed in 1998); The Byzantine Fresco Chapel; and the Menil Drawing Institute.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in 2020, [ 2 ] it is the 12th largest art museum in the world based on square feet of gallery space.
The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture. The Houston Museum District currently includes 21 museums that recorded a collective attendance of around 7 million visitors a year. [ 1 ]
Gero (c. 900 – 29 June 976) was Archbishop of Cologne from 969 until his death. Tomb of Archbishop Gero at the Cologne Cathedral (centre, next to the wooden kneelers) Gero originated from Saxony , probably a son of the Billung count Christian (d. 950), who ruled in the Eastphalian Nordthüringgau and Schwabengau as well as over the adjacent ...
Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY February 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM President Donald Trump announced Thursday he signed an executive order bringing back his "National Park of American Heroes."
Santa Croce Crucifix, 448 cm × 390 cm (176.4 in × 153.5 in), by Cimabue, Florence, 1287–1288. The earliest Western images of a dead Christ may be in the Utrecht Psalter, probably before 835. [28] Other early Western examples include the Gero Cross and the reverse of the Cross of Lothair, both from the end
20th Century Technology Museum. The list of museums in the Texas Gulf Coast encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.