Thursday, February 17, 2011

New York City, Art Edition: The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC is one of the most amazing and impressively enormous art museums in the world. A must-do on my list of things-to-do while in NY. It was an all-day event and I only made it through about half the galleries. Shocker, I know! I fell completely in love with every piece of art within her vast walls and corridors. Here is a small sampling of some of my favorites:


Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue by Georgia O'Keeffe





















Nine Jackies by Andy Warhol (Here's some interesting trivia for you, Warhol took this photo of Jackie moments before JFK was shot.)





















Illuminated Gospel
Apartment Window: La Danse Des Fiancailles (The Engagement Ball). Cartoon by Luc-Olivier Merson, Executed by Eugene Oudinot
 Venus, marble statue by Antonio Canova





















Lucas by Chuck Close





















Roses by Vincent van Gogh (The great Mr. van Gogh painted this while still in the asylum.)





















Serena Pulitzer Lederer by Gustav Klimt





















Marguerite by Henri Matisse















Model in Kimono on Green Bench by Philip Pearlstein (Love, love, love this one!)





















Richard Humphreys, the Boxer by John Hoppner





















The Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel















Roses and Lilies and Roses in a Bowl by Henri Fantin-Latour





















Reclining Nude by Auguste Renoir













The Massacre of the Innocents by Francois-Joseph Navez (This painting takes my breath away. So deep, so emotional. I stared at it for what seemed like hours.)















Two Dancers by Edgar Degas





















The Storm by Pierre-Auguste Cot





















Now, run along to The Met. It's amazing in more ways than I could possibly express. Words don't do it justice. For a lasting impression and the best history lesson of your life, The Met has you covered.

2 comments:

Inspector Clouseau said...

Have not visited a major museum (other than the Getty) in recent years. Almost forgot what it is like to see great art.

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