My experience at the Metropolitan museum was amazing! To begin, I took professor Hershinow’s advice to sidestep the $25 fee and gain admission for free. The result is that it wasn’t so much free (everyone must pay at least a penny; a dollar if you pay with plastic), so I am giving anyone reading this a heads up if anyone is interested in acquiring the extra credit. There was so much to see and to photograph that the three hours I had spent there didn’t get me half way through all the floors and exhibits. I thought it would be a disservice to this interesting assignment to just give one picture, so I added a few and will give light details below each of them:
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinnette of France
- I was thinking this is the best way to remember the beginning of our class when we were discussing the French Revolution. This event in time led to the next guy below:
Emperor Napolean Bonaparte of France
- I am almost definite this is Napoleon. I thought it’d be a nice reference to know what Napoleon actually looked like. The French revolution topic led class discussions to poems from Wordsworth and his preference for nature:
Image of Nature
- I thought this image would draw out the desire to get away from the city and just go behind the MET into Central Park to relax. This nice view of nature is opposite that below:
Image of Dense Forest, depicting my struggle reading poems, and figuring out what’s relevant.
- Yup, I am reminded that, hey, I can read this poem, but what does it mean!? I took advice from discussion and started to use the method below:
Geometric-pattern Tapestry, depicting the symmetric rhythm in poems
- Yes, one of the first things to do is to identify a pattern in a poem, like rhythms or repeated words. Here is a spectacular tapestry from the middle east measuring 73 feet long with symmetric patterns woven into it! If you see on your visit, very good! Lastly, I thought I would end with the below:
Dark-theme chess board
- Class participation is like a chess game; you have to be brave enough to make the move, but also intelligent enough to know what you’re saying. Often times it is difficult to know what to say without the risk of knowing whether it sounds silly.
There you go! There is my adventure through the Metropolitan museum of Art in 3 short hours this Tuesday. If you are inquiring about my other blogs detailing my journey across the globe, sadly I do not have one. But this was a nice adventure anyway!
-Nhan
