Our first class in Manhattan began with the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 82nd street.It is considered to be one of the largest and most comprehensive art museums in the world (Blue Guide 326). It also contains over 2 million items in its
collections, and attracts upwards of 5 million visitors per year (Blue Guide
326). At first, the idea of going to a museum was not of interest to me because I'm not interested in art nor museums for that matter. As i entered the building and began my tour, i knew that i was going to enjoy my time there. The museum was filled with exquisite pieces by several New York artists. Even though some of the pieces there were hard to understand, i could still feel the artists' passion and emotion behind the pieces. As we moved our way through the museum and exploring, we had the opportunity to see an exhibition that depicted Andy Warhol and his impact on contemporary art. The exhibition was called " Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years". It depicted 45 of his original pieces with 100 works in various media by 60 artists that were inspired by him. One section that stood out to me from this exhibition was the " queer studies" because it shows that Warhol was a fearless artist who was not afraid to break new grounds in representing issues of sexuality and gender. After the exhibition, we were left to explore a section of the museum on our own. What interested me were the Japanese armors. Arms and
armor contains weapons that range from simple arrowheads to elaborate
ceremonial jewel-encrusted swords” (BG p.341)
After the Met, we ventured to Central Park to see the boat pond. the lake, Strawberry Fields, and Dakota.Central is the heartland of Manhattan,
843 acres set aside for the recreation of New Yorkers and visitor alike (BG p.279). I have heard of Central Park but i never had the opportunity to experience it. Other from the smell of the horses, i enjoyed going through the park and seeing everyone interacting with each other, riding their bikes, people taking wedding pictures, and the family picnics. As we exploring Central Park, we made our way to Strawberry Fields; it was created in honor of John Lennon,
songwriter, singer and member of The Beatles, who was assassinated in the
courtyard of the nearby Dakota Apartments in 1980 (BG p.290). While there, we saw a Chinese woman kneeling on her knees in a circle having a tea ceremony. At first i was confused because i did not know what it was until this guy came over to explain to us that the purpose being this was to bring awareness so that we take care of our environment and appreciate what is around us. I thought there was a good message behind it. After walking through the Strawberry Fields and stopping by the Dakota apartments, we split up to go eat and a few of us decided to go dine at BBQ; i really enjoyed my food.
The remainder of our tour took us down to Fifth Avenue,which is considered to be one of the most opulent shopping streets in the world . We breezed through the Plaza Hotel. This is no longer a hotel anymore; in the past 20 years the hotel has changed owners several times and undergone $400
millions dollars in renovations (BG p.273). The Plaza Hotel looked so beautiful, i have never seen anything like that; there were people having dinner and from the looks of it i can tell that it is an expensive place. Next we visited the infamous toy and candy store, FAO Schwartz. I think i've been there before because it looked familiar; i did not get any candy inside but just going in there made me feel like i was in a movie or a big kid. We passed by Bergdorf
Goodman's and and went inside Tiffany's
to see where people do their shopping( the jewelry looked beautiful and expensive), and stop to check out the
Fred F. French
Building, one of the city's first skyscrapers. We then stopped at
St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I did not know a church with such great architecture existed like that in New York. It felt as if it was something i would see in Paris.
Our last stop was going to be at be the New York Public Library to see the Main
Reading Room but we got there at the same time they were about to close so our journey ended early. Overall i enjoyed the day and explored a lot.
Our first class in Manhattan began with the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 82nd street.It is considered to be one of the largest and most comprehensive art museums in the world (Blue Guide 326). It also contains over 2 million items in its
collections, and attracts upwards of 5 million visitors per year (Blue Guide
326). At first, the idea of going to a museum was not of interest to me because I'm not interested in art nor museums for that matter. As i entered the building and began my tour, i knew that i was going to enjoy my time there. The museum was filled with exquisite pieces by several New York artists. Even though some of the pieces there were hard to understand, i could still feel the artists' passion and emotion behind the pieces. As we moved our way through the museum and exploring, we had the opportunity to see an exhibition that depicted Andy Warhol and his impact on contemporary art. The exhibition was called " Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years". It depicted 45 of his original pieces with 100 works in various media by 60 artists that were inspired by him. One section that stood out to me from this exhibition was the " queer studies" because it shows that Warhol was a fearless artist who was not afraid to break new grounds in representing issues of sexuality and gender. After the exhibition, we were left to explore a section of the museum on our own. What interested me were the Japanese armors. Arms and
armor contains weapons that range from simple arrowheads to elaborate
ceremonial jewel-encrusted swords” (BG p.341)
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ReplyDeleteMarie, you made a good effort on these posts. Just a few recommendations:
1) be more consistent in citing the BG
2) include hyerlinks
3) use a font that's easier for my old eyes to read.