On September 28th, 2017 my Art 1011 class and I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to view the Egyptian and Greek Art due to the fact that we are currently learning about these time periods in class. Our teacher, Professor Morosse, thought that going to the Met would be a great way to teach and feel more connected to the art. We first went through the Egyptian exhibit and saw the Egyptian wall paintings and the Temple of Dendur. I very much liked the Temple of Dendur considering that in the room it’s in, one side of the room is just windows filling the room with natural light making it more interesting. My favorite part of the Egyptian exhibit was a small ancient Egyptian faience hippopotamus. It’s blue and has these intricate designs, I quickly took of a picture of it so that I could use it for my art report and it wasn’t until I got home that I realized that I took a picture of the wrong hippo. I took a picture of what the Egyptian faience hippopotamus is juxtaposed to. After the Egyptian exhibit was the Greek exhibit which is comprised of vases, sculptures, and other decorations. The vases were very intricately painted and each vase tells a story. Seeing them in person was far more interesting than learning about them in class. The last exhibit we went to was the Contemporary Art which I didn’t really get to see considering I had to leave early. Overall, going to the Met was a great experience and way to further teach the class about what we are currently learning. 
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