{"id":2738,"date":"2025-10-31T16:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:17:42","slug":"an-artists-perspective-of-the-new-york-metropolitan-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/an-artists-perspective-of-the-new-york-metropolitan-art-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"An Artist&#8217;s Perspective of the New York Metropolitan Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What\u2019s to see in the Met? <em>Art! <\/em>\u2013 lots of it from all over the world and from different eras of history:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Modern and contemporary art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>19th and early 20th century European paintings and sculptures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Art of the Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European paintings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The American Wing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Musical instruments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asian art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modern and contemporary art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ancient American art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oceanic art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>African art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European sculpture and decorative art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medieval art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Army and armor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Egyptian art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greek and Roman art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and many more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Certainly there are multi million dollar artwork from the masters but there are many that are there for historical reasons &#8212; they represent the capabilities of a place and time far far away &#8230; even a few idol statues that found their way to the hallow halls of modern man. Disconcerting to think that some of these statues adorned tribal muddy huts and foreboding temples where blood sacrifices were offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TheMETentrance-887x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TheMETentrance-887x1024.jpg 887w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TheMETentrance-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TheMETentrance-768x886.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TheMETentrance-850x981.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TheMETentrance.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Met has one of the best collections of artwork from the great masters I have ever seen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Met appealed to many of my senses. I love variety in music and in visual art; so the collection was mind boggling. For instance, I marveled at the clashing styles during the late 19th century France: traditionalist painters like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search%3Fq%3DWilliam%2BBouguereau%26sortBy%3DRelevance&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi8s_qBy86PAxUTHUQIHeoFN1gQFnoECC4QAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fjxhsCVl0_cj0jA_vQBEy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bouguereau<\/a> whose realistic photographic renderings were challenged by his impressionist contemporary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search%3Fq%3Dpaul%2Bcezanne&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiTwrHzys6PAxVjOkQIHfW5LOAQFnoECCMQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw0A79UpKWmj8N01uobwDw2v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cezzane<\/a>. Traditional realistic painstaking sculptures like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/206399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bernini<\/a> were challenged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2017\/rodin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rodin <\/a>whose oversized hands and feet focused on speed and austere emotions. The Impressionists were ridiculed by the art critics of their day yet today their art fetches higher prices at the auction than the classical artists. This proves my theory that artwork that weaves better and more endearing narratives take stronger hold on people&#8217;s emotions. And emotions are what determines the value of an art piece. For example, Van Gogh&#8217;s sunflower is many times more expensive than his peers not because of his painting per se but because people realize that his troubled mind put those expressive oil paints on his canvass.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FrenchPaintings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FrenchPaintings.jpg 936w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FrenchPaintings-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FrenchPaintings-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FrenchPaintings-850x553.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/picasso.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2640\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Picasso&#8217;s<em> La Coiffure<\/em>, 1906.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hard to believe I was gazing at the originals of all of the impressionists like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search%3Fq%3DClaude%2BMonet%26sortBy%3DRelevance&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiE29CYys6PAxXXl-4BHSgaNpgQFnoECCMQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw3F2wWSk4vlJBnF_g8vZeDY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search%3Fq%3Dedouard%2Bmanet&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjFhLaLys6PAxXoiO4BHZBUBUcQFnoECBwQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1FY414cTe6WndsE2tJ2ppT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search%3Fq%3DAuguste%2BRenoir%26sortBy%3DRelevance&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiY6qT-yc6PAxWWI0QIHXsnD0YQFnoECB4QAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1XQeNv_3aJ4c-49iSA4wpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renoir<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search%3Fpage%3D1%26q%3DChagall&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiEy4Dyyc6PAxUEl-4BHXYTKikQFnoECCAQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1yXltR5rzURH3l-iiK2xHH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chagal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/essays\/paul-gauguin-1848-1903&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj8wObmyc6PAxUVMUQIHVNoMn8QFnoECCUQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw2WWbksEKFZmR-TVv121VBW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gaugin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi19ciZyc6PAxUFke4BHYZfC-UQFnoECGsQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw0femvWaknVsMYZcQ6HOhte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toulouse-Lautrec<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/437658&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjV7f_Kyc6PAxUMkO4BHQIcIqkQFnoECBkQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw2j-DkFou5VFkRhA96faUx4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seurat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search%3Fq%3DCamille%2BPissarro%26sortBy%3DRelevance&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjp5sHZyc6PAxW5JEQIHYQPMbMQFnoECCAQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw2zNzX5wtRU1HM6fonhhDOu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pisssaro<\/a> and of course <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search%3Fq%3Dvan%2520gogh&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi_9c2mys6PAxXSle4BHSjRELoQFnoECBsQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw3wQ8LFYqBHNwpTfAEHT6mz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Van Gogh<\/a>. Many of their most famous works \u201clive\u201d here. One particular painting, <em>La Grenouillere<\/em>, by Monet, epitomized the meaning of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/art-terms\/i\/impressionism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Impressionism<\/a> to me. I was not familiar with that particular painting and as I saw it from a distance,  I swear I saw the animated water shimmering. Looking up close the visual illusion was created by strategic bold dabs of paint.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monet-988x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monet-988x1024.jpg 988w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monet-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monet-768x796.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monet-850x881.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/monet.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Monet&#8217;s <em>La Grenouillere<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As I stared at Monet&#8217;s vibrant painting and compared it to the works of the other Impressionists in the same room, I noticed how much more vibrant his colors were. It dawned on me that the colors of some of the paintings are probably fading. No wonder the clashing colors described in art appreciation books are not as stunning as they should be. The &#8220;preservation society&#8221; should do something about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent a lot of time coming inch-close to the paintings (I made a few museum guards very nervous) to look at the paintings from the side to see how flat or how thick the artists applied their colors. Of course the Impressionists were the ones who smacked the most globs of paint. And Van Gogh&#8217;s dabs were the most violent of them all.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/perspectives\/van-gogh-cypresses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/StarryNight-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/StarryNight-1.jpg 746w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/StarryNight-1-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vincent Van Gogh&#8217;s Cypresses. Notice the thick dabs of paint in the swirling leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Quite a contrast to Henri Regnault&#8217;s painting of the temptress, Salome. If you know your Bible, she&#8217;s the dancer who requested the head of John the Baptist as a reward, hence the platter and the knife on her lap. Notice how smoothly the paint was laid on the cracking oil on canvas. You cannot achieve those tonal gradations without painstaking care.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Salome2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Salome2.jpg 822w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Salome2-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Salome2-768x608.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Henri Regnault&#8217;s Salome, 1870.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The sculptures were also fascinating. In one section, there were primitive palm sized carvings while another section boasted of intricate hairs and toga folds in Greek\/Roman marble sculptures. Just think about it, the Roman sculptors most probably wore the same outfit as their models &#8230; they just had a little more dust on them. Their wives must have spent hours washing their garments by the Roman aqueducts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Honey, I&#8217;m home!&#8221; said the sculptor. &#8220;Don&#8217;t forget to dust off your sandals before you come in!&#8221; cried the wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could have stayed for hours and still wouldn&#8217;t have had my fill of the exhibits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Advice:<\/em> If you want to study art in depth, visit alone; otherwise,  you&#8217;ll feel guilty because your company will be ready to go &#8230; and don&#8217;t go if you&#8217;ve got a bad back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sculptures.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sculptures.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sculptures-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sculptures-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sculptures-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sculptures-850x504.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sculptures-413x244.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s to see in the Met? Art! \u2013 lots of it from all over the world and from different eras of history. There is an Asian wing and a European wing. Ancient Egyptian, African, Asian artifacts found their way to the hallow halls of modern man. 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