A Day at the Met

Over my Thanksgiving break I went to the Museum of Metropolitan Art in New York City. For those that have never been there before it s a huge museum and it is almost impossible to see and comprehend everything in one day. So I decided to pick things that really caught my eye or  gathered my interest as I walked by. These are only a few pictures of what I saw at museum.


This first piece is a piece of ancient history. It is the armor that King Henry VIII, king of England wore when they went to battle. I thought it was very interesting because I remember learning about him in my high school history classes. This armor is the earliest dated example from the Royal Workshops at Greenwich, which were established in 1514 . I think it's amazing to be able to have something that has survived that long, for that reason alone it is a great work of art. There is a whole room of armor at the museum.



The next picture that grabbed my attention was from an exhibition that was going on of John Baldesseri. His name captured me alone to look at the exhibit because we learned about him in class. The picture consists of his hands framing New York Harbor in 1971. It is very interesting because he points out Hudson River pier which used to be a very busy port but has since vanished. To me it was like a little kid when they make this image and like imagine things and its as if he imagines the port not there which eventually happens.




This is a picture of the Christmas nativity scene with the tree in the background and it just caught my eye as I walked by it because it was gorgeous. It reminded me of when I get my own tree with my family. It might not compare to the tree in Rockefeller center but it is very beautiful and gets you into the mood for Christmas season. (Even though I went over Thanksgiving Break)



The last picture that I was really interested in was this Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue by Georgia O'Keeffe. I knew as I walked by it that I had somewhere seen it before. Then I realized that I actually had a copy of it in my grandmother's basement. I thought this summed up my trip to the Museum pretty well because you never know what you are going to see there. It has beautiful works of art from the past couple of centuries that you probably have seen on television or in a magazine or something. The trip was a lot of fun and I recommend that anyone go and visit it because it has something for everyone.