Author: c.byrd

A couple of weeks ago, my Art History class went to visit the Metropolitan Museum of art. This was my third time visiting the museum, but I got to see parts of the museum that I didn’t get to see before. I have a genuine interest in Art History and I love learning about different types of Art and Artists from all over the world. Two of my favorite parts of this museum is the section with the Greek and Roman Sculptures. The way Greek Mythology was/is portrayed is astonishing. Even prior to visiting the MET ever, I already had a strong interest in Greek and Egyptian history, especially the history of King Tut. Although highly ranked and valued, even to this day, King Tut was most likely a product of incest, with a very unsightly gap between his teeth, abnormally wide hips for a man and a very twisted ankle. In short, he wouldn’t be considered the best looking man according to today’s beauty standards, yet he was practically worshiped.  In addition to King Tut, I really enjoyed the rest of the ancient Egyptian history exhibit. Seeing the mummies and analyzing how they went about preserving the dead for the “after life” was rather interesting and in a lot of ways presents similarities to the way we bury our dead. The Egyptians decorated the corpse with valuable jewelry and buried them in extremely elaborate tombs/pyramids that were seemingly physically impossible to construct given the technology they had thousands of years ago. These pyramids consisted of a number of paths and boobie traps to confuse thieves and whoever else tries to enter the pyramid. Another fact that interested me was the Overall, this exhibit was extremely interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed going through it.

Next we visited the Greek exhibit. In high school, I learned a lot of ancient Greek and Roman history and one thing I always found interesting was the fact that the Greeks believed in a number of Gods and Goddesses who each possessed a power or strength different from the next. Zeus was always my favorite God. He was the God of Gods and was undeniably powerful. Seeing how the Greeks and Romans portrayed his seemingly infinite strength with these enormous and intricate sculptures always amazes me. The extreme detail carved into huge stones that were so carefully preserved is beautiful. Another thing I appreciate about Greek history is that they always portrayed the women to be equally, if not, more powerful than the men. Women were always made to seem inferior to men throughout history and even today! So the fact that powerful women figures existed like Athena, the Goddess of wisdom, is astounding given the time period. Overall, I had a lot of fun at the museum and I hope we can go to another soon.

1. So I attended one of the CUNY welcome week parties titled “Project X.” He excitement from simply thinking about it was overwhelming. It seemed like just yesterday, I was starting my first day of middle school and now I was about to attend my first real college party. Upon arriving, we heard the bass booming music and caught a glimpse of the strobe lights. Instantly, we knew that it was going to be a great night. Unfortunately, we had to wait on line but every step closer to the door only made the excitement stronger. After finding a hiding place for our belongings, the fun began. Ultimately, I had a great night and it was a great way to kick off my first year of college. And so far, college is everything I thought it would be and more. I couldn’t be happier here at Baruch.