Metropolitan Museum of Art Reflection

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    In this trip, I saw many interesting things that caught my eye. The museum was split into different sections such as the medieval times, Ancient Greece, etc. While in the museum I saw many different paintings that meant many different things and were created in unique ways. One of the first paintings that we saw was the one of a cow looking at another painting of a cow that was called "The Innocent Eye Test" by Mark Tansey. This painting was made because the human experts wonder if the cow can distinguish artifice from reality. Another painting that we saw was by an artist called Chuck Close. This painting was very fascinating because up close it looked like it was made by thousands of pixels but in reality it was done by finger painting. Another sculpture that we saw was one that looked to be made with wood but in reality it was made with aluminium and it was an orange red colour and it was made to connect with whoever was seeing it and it gave you different emotions. When I saw it I thought of the word excitement because when I saw it, it looked like a person doing a hand stand with no head. Lastly, we saw a sculpture that was supposed to represent the human body made with different shapes that were connected together but when I saw it for the first time it looked like a giraffe facing its back. One of my favourite things that I saw there was the Christmas Tree. It was so big and colourful and according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art website, "The Museum's towering tree, glowing with light, is adorned with cherubs and some fifty gracefully suspended angels. The landscape at the base presents the figures and scenery of the Neapolitan Christmas crib. This display mingles three basic elements that are traditional to eighteenth-century Naples: the Nativity, with adoring shepherds and their flocks; the procession of the three Magi, whose exotically dressed retinue echoes the merchants and travelers one may have encountered in bustling Naples at the time of the crèche's creation; and, most distinctive, colorful peasants and townspeople engaged in their quotidian tasks. The theatrical scene is enhanced by a charming assortment of animals—sheep, goats, horses, a camel, and an elephant—and by background pieces serving as the dramatic setting for the Nativity, including the ruins of a Roman temple, several quaint houses, and a typical Italian fountain with a lion's-mask waterspout." 





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