Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
For this assignment I chose to attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... I believe that going to a museum is the only way to fully experience a work of art. By only looking at a painting or sculpture in a book or on a slide, I don’t think you can fully comprehend the work of art. I was overwhelmed at the size of the museum itself. ... Huge Corinthian columns decorated the front of the buildings architecture, which was a piece of art all on its own. ... ” It seems unfair to me to credit just one person for this piece of art, especially if he didn’t even paint anything. ... I noticed most of his paintings in the museum portray this darkness. ... “Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga” by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, 1784-1792 oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches This was my favorite piece from the entire museum. ... To fully experience a work of art, it is necessary to see it in person. ... I learned that it is almost impossible to walk through and see every piece of art that is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.