A few weeks ago, my friends and I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art because of the assignment from Art History class. I was very excited because the museum is the biggest and most famous art museum in the US. As we got there, I noticed that the museum was quite big. The building took a lot of space. The stairs in front of the museum are very wide and high. Many visitors who just finished their visits of the museum were sitting on the stairs.
Inside the museum, there were many people visiting the arts. Everyone there was quiet and orderly. The artworks were displayed in different galleries. They were sorted by different nationalities, different time periods, different artists, and different styles. The themes and the main ideas of the artworks could be found easily because each artwork had a label which described its background and some details about the artwork. The museum also used different arrangements in different galleries to show the artworks better.
My task was to visit the European paintings from 1250-1800, but I not only visited the European arts but also visited other countries’ arts like Chinese arts, Japanese arts, and Egyptian arts. I saw a lot of arts such as porcelain, bronze tripod, kimono, tatami, and mummy from different galleries. I also visited the rooms of European nobilities in Middle Ages. The rooms are arranged just like the time period of the Middle Ages. The lights were dim and soft. They use the lights which looked like candles instead of bulbs.
This trip to the Met is unforgettable. I not only saw a lot of wonderful arts in the museum, but also learned some history behind the arts. This visit brought me both joy and knowledge.
