Yesterday, I made a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I haven't been in a couple of years and it was time to make a visit. In all honesty, I'd live there, if I could! :) It was interesting to be there after visiting the Louvre in Paris last year and to compare the amazing collections. Every time I go to the MET, I discover something I haven't seen before, something that fascinates me and makes me want to go back time and time again.
Here are a few pictures from my trip yesterday of some of my favorites.
Ancient Greek and Roman Art
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| A Wounded Amazon (Greek) |
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| Venus (Roman) |
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| The Boxer (Greek, on special exhibit at the MET this summer) |
Medieval Art
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| Virgin and Child, South Netherlandish, 1345 |
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| Virgin and Child by Claus de Werve (Netherlands, 1415-17) |
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| The Angel Gabriel, circa 1493 |
Renaissance Art and Armor
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| Madonna and Child by Bachiacca (Italy, 1520s) |
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| 16th Century French Noble's Bedroom |
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| Me in front of the suit of armor of Henry VIII |
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| In front of Knights on horses in full armor |
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| Psyche and Cupid at the MET |
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| Psyche and Cupid at the Louvre |
Western and Northern European Art
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| Self-portrait, Rembrandt Van Rijs (one of my favorite artists) |
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| In front of the Family Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens by Rubens (1635, Flemish, another one of my favorite artists) |
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| The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria by Jusepe di Ribera (1648) |
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| Winter or La Frileuse, by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1787). This is one of the works of art I discovered for myself on this particular trip. It's fantastic! |
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| Detail of Winter by Jean-Antoine Houdon |
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| Sapho by Comte Prosper D'Epinay (circa 1895) |
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| In front of Latona And Her Children, Apollo and Diana by William Henry Rinehart (1874) |
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| The Eternal Spring by Auguste Rodin (This is one of my favorite works by Rodin, I can look at it for hours!) |
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| Reaching Jaguar (American) |
Japanese Art and Armor
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| Jizo (Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha), Kamakura period (1185-1333) |
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| Samurai Armor |
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| In front of a Samarai on the horse armor exhibit |
Have you ever been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? What are you favorite pieces of art there?
