Today I went to the Met
…today I went to the Met. Layton and I had to go through yucky rain this morning, but we made it. i really wish we could have stayed there much longer; we really only went to about 3 sections of the museum. We went through the Egyptian section, which was absolutely mind blowing. Everything was so beautiful (Layton and I were drolling over the intricate detail on the jewelery.) One of the things that really interested me was the amount of work that goes in to categorizing the huge amount of artifacts; everything was done so specifically. its amazing how they can piece together these findings. There was a huge hallway with just jewelery and pottery pieces that they miraculously pieced together.
the other amazing section was the temple of Dendur. The room is huge, and its strange to think that in this crazy busy city there is a place where an ancient Egyptian temple lies. it had huge windows, and a reflecting pond (we called it a mote). It was striking to think it was brought all the way from Egypt to NYC. Personally, i think the most interesting part was so see graffiti on the temple…. graffiti from the 1800’s. In the stone people etched their names and year. its amazing to see how much the world has changed.
the next section we went to was a fashion gallery- called blog.mode. It was an amazing collection of fashion throughout the ages. the clothes ranged from the 1800s to modern designs. it was amazing to see such detail. I really loved going with Layton to this collection. we both were amazed by the work, but i could see the admiration and love for the work in Layton’s eyes and attitude while we went from outfit to outfit. I looked more closely at the work because Layton was there, I felt like i was enjoying the work more because I was with her.
one of the exhibits that i actually researched and wanted to go to was the collection of artwork by Gustav Courbet. We only had about 10 minutes to look through whole exhibition, which made me sad, but it was better then not seeing it at all. the collection was amazing to look at, i especially enjoyed the massive collection of his self portraits. the paintings had wonderful detail, and intense emotion, particularly in the sensitivity in the facial expressions.
we also stopped off in the paintings and drawings section of the museum and i got to see some of my favorite pieces. i saw fabulous pieces by monet, van gouh, and seurat. it was amazing becuase i got see a draft of the ’sunday in the park’ by seurat and then once we left we were heading to the theatre to see Sunday in the Park with George. I thought it was so cool that I was seeing one of the real things that he did, and seeing part of his life, that included this painting, performed on stage.
I had been wanting to go to the Met for the whole trip, and even though I didn’t get to stay as long as I wanted- it was still worth the trek in the rain. I felt like i could have stayed there for hours. I want to go back already. Ill put pictures up soon enough.