For my blog post, last Monday I decided to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This museum was built back in the late 1800s. As one of the most visited art museums in the world, the Met consists of more than two million works. Art works from all around the world from modern American paintings to ancient Islamic art have all been collected into this one museum in the heart of New York City.

For my visit to the museum I toured around the European section. I’ve always been interested in European history mainly because of my family’s origin from Spain. However I saw myself more interested in the art works and sculptures from England, France and Italy. While touring around the many rooms filled with beautiful paintings, I stumbled across a long hallway filled with dozens of sculptures. I noticed that many of these sculptures were created in many different type of media. Some were made out of ceramics and some were made of metal. Some of beautiful art works that I saw were the famous Bernini’s bacchanal sculpture, and Gandalfi’s painting of the Execution of Saint John the Baptist. I was fascinated by the progression of the arts as I saw the dates on when the sculptures were formed. Not only was the art work inside the museum extremely inspiring, I was also very inspired the museum exquisite architecture.

My visit to Metropolitan Museum of Art’s was extremely intriguing and I would recommend anyone in the area to visit. However, I would advise to take a friend. Originally, I was planning to take music theory next semester (because it is a requirement), but I think this trip to the met has inspired me to learn more about the history of art from all around the world. So I have now decided that next semester I will be taking art history.