Textiles are far more accessible than a person might think for an item so museum-worthy. With a few good search terms, or ...

Her research leads her to the Unicorn Tapestry, an iconic real-life piece of artwork from France at the turn of the 16th century. The tapestry, as in real life, depicts a maiden luring a unicorn ...

Both Legend and The Last Unicorn tap into this mythology, and the imagery of these tapestries. As Jack leads Lily to see the unicorns by hidden brook, he tells her “As long as they roam the ...

“The Unicorn Rests in a Garden,” from the Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505). Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Rick Steves' Europe Art Bites 138: "The Lady and the Unicorn" Tapestry Clip | 2m 28s | CC One of the finest works of late medieval art is a celebration of the senses. One of the finest works of ...

The unicorn may be a mythical beast, but centuries’ worth of art and literature have made it quite real. An endless parade of Medieval tapestries, ancient Greek texts, Renaissance paintings ...

It’s set against a backdrop exploding with flowers, a style called millefleurs, or “thousand flowers,” common in tapestries at the time. There are red spots on the unicorn’s neck and body.