Friday, December 11, 2009

Metropolitan Museum of Art Part I



Front and center of the Metropolitan Art Museum




Henry E. Sharp (active ca. 1850-ca. 1897)
Faith and Hope
New York City, 1867-69
Painted and stained leaded glass
Gift of Packer Collegiate Institute Inc. 2002
2002.232.1

William Jay Bolton (1816-1884) and John Bolton (1818-1898)
Miriam and Jubal
Pelham, New York 1843-48
Painted and stained leaded glass

A house exterior located in the courtyard of the museum

Glass ceiling inside one of the atriums



"Armors for Man and Horse"
Steel, etched and partly gilt;leather
Italian (probably Milan), about 1560-75

Frank Duveneck (1848-1919)
"Tomb effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck" 1891; this cast, 1927
Gilt bronze
Rogers Fund, 1927
27.64

Marco Pino
Italian, Siena, active in Naples, 1521-1583
"The Resurrection of Lazarus"
ca. 1570
Oil on panel
For the past two Sundays, I have been taking the train to New York to visit museums. This week I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Because of the weather, no one wanted to come with me so I went alone. I managed to join a couple of tour groups and learned quite a bit, especially about the courtyard. I arrived early and spent the entire day in this museum and still did not see everything! There was so much art to see that I was overwhelmed. There was no way I could just focus on one particular piece. The great part is that I was allowed to take pictures of everything (without a flash of course). This was the largest museum I have ever visited. If you want to see art by Van Gogh, Renoir, Picasso, Michelangelo, etc... this is the place to go. The museum contains thousands of various pieces and styles of art, period rooms, tapestry rooms, original Tiffany windows, marble floors, courtyards with glass ceilings, pottery, sarcophaci, huge statues, and more. I would advise everyone to visit this museum at least once in their lifetime. I was totally amazed!

2 comments:

  1. Yes, this is the largest art museum in the world... I hope folks would visit it more than once in their lifetime!

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  2. I certainly intend to visit it as much as possible.

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