The Met #8

  Though it's been a few weeks since our trip to The Met I still found it relevant to discuss as a break from the Michael Brown case. I felt too heated last week to discuss our recent trip. Otherwise The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the United States and one of the ten largest in the world; which was very apparent from this extensive view of the art.The Met is located along Manhattan's Museum Mile and notionally one of the best there (from what I've heard as I have not been to all 10 of them).

  It opened on February 20, 1872, and was originally located at 681 Fifth Avenue.Which was was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens."The founders included businessmen and financiers, as well as artists and thinkers of the day, who wanted to open a museum to bring art and art education to the American people."

   The Met Contains a collection of works from Ancient Egypt, Classical antiquity, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met also houses African, Asian, Oceanic, Byzantine, and Islamic art.The museum is also home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes and accessories, and antique weapons and armor from around the world. First hand these items were magnificent and very well kept. I saw many paintings,antiques,furniture and sculptures that looked completely untouched though they stood very close to the masses. Yet on several occasions I heard many securities guards yell at people to stay away from the art.(Including a chaperone who will not be named.) It's great that they set it up in a way that you are so up close and personal with the art.

  It was a very educational field trip with its vast culture and diverse range of art which we thoroughly discussed in class. It further developed the material in class that we were drawing and the works by Van Gogh which we so thoroughly discussed. Speaking of Van Gogh my favorite gallery was from Van Gogh which displayed 17 of his famous works. The seventeen canvases sample a career of which all the phases from “early” to “late” span barely six years. Which included the vase with irises which we drew in class. It was very enlightening seeing theses famous paintings so close up along with many other spectators. It was a great experience besides getting lost a few times but the sheer amount of security guards always keeps you on the right path.

 Some Of My Favorites/Most Relevant Images From The Met: