Blog Post 4
Upon walking into the Rubin museum of art I immediately felt the feeling of being somewhere that is not your ordinary museum. As we walked in there was a very large spiral staircase that was leading up to the top floor of the museum. As we looked up from the ground floor to the ceiling we see how grand this museum is. As the tour guide had pointed out the founder of the museum was a prominent and wealthy business man and when he first laid his eyes on the spiral staircase and looked up just as we looked up he then decided to buy the property (which was a barneys department store before hand) and make it into a museum in which he can showcase his many variations of art and history of the world. As we walked up the spiral staircase as a group I saw so many different and interesting things. As I walked pass the “Wheel of Dharma and Deer” I was suddenly taken back by its craftsmanship and symbolism. As I looked more in depth to the sculpture I knew in my mind that it looks fairly familiar to me for some reason. As I read the description of the sculpture I realized that this sculpture is the most well known symbol of Buddhism. I remember when I was learning about Buddhism in my history class the same sculpture was put up on the projector screen. After reading the description I immediately felt that I didn’t know enough about it. So when I got home I researched the sculptor and found many hidden symbolism. This sculpture grabbed my attention and made me learn something new and actually helped me later on in history class.
