The Metropolitan Museum of Art Items displayed in museums hold historical significance and are representative of society’s culture. Preserving valuable collections for education and enjoyment is a primary role of museums. While fulfilling this role, the architecture of the museum is also an important factor. Historical buildings are converted into museums and architects must consider the use of the space and the museum’s purpose during their initial design. Other museums are built with a clear
The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art came about as an idea from Jon Jay in Paris, France in 1866 with the idea of “national institution gallery of art” within the United States. Once this idea was proposed, it was immediately moved forward with his return to the United States. With the help of the Union League Club in NY they began to acquire civic leaders, businessmen, artists, and collectors who aided in the creation of the museum. For over 140 years, the visitors who
class trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It was a long journey to get there, especially with having to walk all the way from Penn Station, but it was a nice day so I couldn’t really complain. Plus, it was worth it because I love museums. The Met is absolutely beautiful, inside and out. I could not believe how big it was and how many galleries there actually were. I can’t wait to go back and see all of them! Our trip mostly focused upon Greek and Roman art, and I found it to
A Day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art I. Jan van Eyck’s “Last Judgment” Jan van Eyck was active since 1422 and died in 1441. He was the most celebrated painter of the fifteen-century in Europe. One of his famous works is “The Last Judgment”. At first sight this work immediately attracted my attention. The painting’s stunning colors and the fact that it reminded me of a previous similar work I have seen, triggered in my mind. The material that is used is oil on canvas, transferred from
While roaming around The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I witnessed thousands and thousands of different paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and many other beautiful and famous works of art. Being my first time at the museum, I was very overwhelmed. The MET Gala, which is held every year on the first Monday in May, is an event to raise money for the Costume Institute of the museum and as a fashion major, this a very exciting affair that I’ve always wanted to witness or at the very least visit the place
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, or MET, is home to a variety of artworks ranging from pre-colonial pieces to contemporary works. Many of the paintings in the MET are lavishly enormous, covering the entirety of walls and ceilings. However, the most expensive piece in the museum is surprisingly a tiny twenty-one by twenty centimeters piece, worth over forty five million dollars. The Madonna and Child was painted by Duccio di Buoninsegna in 1300 CE with tempera and gold on wood in Italy. In the piece
I had two regrets going to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. One is that my phone ran out of battery so I couldn’t take any more pictures of the art there. My second regret was that I had to go home one hour earlier before the event ended. One of the first places I went into was a room. The room was arranged in a way so that standing in the room, I felt as if I wasn’t in a museum, but rather in an actual room in that time period. In the room was a painting done by Thomas Sully, an American portrait
cultural mecca for art, particularly with museums. Two of these major institutions are The Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each museum provides a glimpse of creativity from the past, all while remaining interesting in exhibiting the works of various styles and periods. While the two museums have similar goals in their Mission Statements, the differences in space, structure, and curating art philosophies differentiates them. In 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded by a
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in New York City and is the one of the largest, and most visited museums in the world. The museum contains both the art and the architecture of medieval Europe. The Greek and Roman Art exhibit features 17,000 different pieces of art, the size of the pieces range from smaller, portable figures, to larger statues. Both the Bronze Man and Centaur and the Terracotta Hydria pieces, dating before 1300, are located in the museums Greek and Roman art exhibit. By
not all of us are able to visit the world’s most amazing museums which showcase all of our favorite artist. Luckily, museums now have the ability to showcase their current masterpieces in stock online. In this essay, we will describe, analyze, and interpret three of my favorite masterpieces currently being showcased in three different museums. The first masterpiece that will be discussed is being displayed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is titled, “Wheat Field with Cypresses” by, Vincent
For my study, I visited two museums. First I went to the Guggenheim Museum which is located at Upper East Manhattan, at the corner of 89th Street and fifth Avenue, then I later visited Metropolitan Museum of Art. The reason why I decided to visit two museums is because Guggenheim does not display the kind of art I was interested in, as its main genre of art if Modern art. My focus for this project was studying work from the Renaissance period, by Piero di Cosimo, the painting of” A Hunting Scene”
This essay will compare and contrast two works of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art that raise the question of the role in gender in art. The first is Edgar Degas’s, A Woman Seated Beside a Vase of Flowers painted in 1865, an oil on canvas. The second is Berthe Morisot’s, Young Woman Seated on a Sofa painted around 1879, also an oil on canvas. Both of these artworks have similarities in subject matter and composition; they both contain a seated woman and flowers. Their differences, however
Visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Viewing the Asian Art Collections The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the finest Asian art collections that has enlightened and strengthened my understanding in my personal art experience. The Museum itself is an artistic architectural structure that graces the entire block on 82nd Street in Manhattan. Entering inside, I sensed myself going back into an era, into a past where people traded ideas and learned from each other. It is a past, where
History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Originally founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is known to be the largest art museum in the United States and one of the most popular. According to the Museum’s website, the Museum and its offshoots present over five thousand years’ worth of historical artifacts. These artifacts range from paintings and Roman sculptures to Egyptian tombs and ancient mummies ("Metropolitan Museum of Art"). Despite its overall success, the Museum has still faced
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest and finest art museums in the world. The museum’s collection consists of prehistory and present artifacts from every part of the globe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 5th Avenue and 82nd street in New York City. On Monday, November 5th, my brother and I took a trip to the Metropolitan Museum. It was a very long journey to get there. When we arrived at 34th street, we took the E train and transferred to Lexington Avenue to get to 86th
home to number of architectural classics. Two of these masterpieces of architecture are the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. Both continue the metaphor of New York being a world within a world and possess the latent fusion of form and function, one dependent on the other. The Metropolitan Museum is the epitome of neo-Classical style while the Guggenheim is a modernist powerhouse. Each museum serves the same purpose: displaying humanity’s greatest achievements. By comparing and contrasting
The Metropolitan Museum of Art houses thousands of paintings that preserve the rich cultures of some the most influential historical movements. Romanticism was one of the most profound artistic movements. As a response to the Enlightenment, Romanticism emerged as an artistic movement that validated the experience of intense emotion—with a particular emphasize on the compelling forces of nature and the sublime. (In examining excerpts from The Sublime and The Beautiful, a work by Edmund Burke, one
Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most famous and controversial painters known to America. According to art critic Lisa Mintz Messinger, “She [Georgia O’Keeffe] left behind a rich legacy of American images that were tied to the land. These images and her own pioneering spirit, established an illustrious reputation in America very early on in her career” (Messinger 17). O’Keeffe is best known for her large paintings of flowers, the New York skyline and scenes from New Mexico. Ever since Georgia O’Keeffe
of art museums ranging from the Metropolitan Museum of Art which is usually the most renowned to others such as the the Solomon R. Guggenheim or the Whitney Museum of American Art which are popular in their own rights. This abundance of art museums makes the city very attractive for foreign visitors. However, this abundance of choice can overwhelm even the most informed visitors who have a finite amount of time to explore what the city has to offer. Although all of the above mentioned museums have
For my Museum Visit Assignment, I chose a museum that I’ve longed to visit since the day I entered New York for the first time, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, or simply known as “The Met”. From afar, I was able to identify the shape of the building as a late-European architecture. Lucky enough, when I asked one of the staff members at the museum about the architecture of the building, they said that one of the contributing architects was Richard Morris Hunt, who is known for the “Beaux-Arts” architecture