Over the weekend on 2nd of September, my family and I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Unfortunately a rainstorm made the journey to to entrance of the museum a tad bit annoying as the line to enter that day was very long. However in about 10 minutes of so of soaking on the rain, we managed to budge our way through the entrance. The lines were separated into different sections of the museum that people wanted to check out. Firstly, I noticed the signs stating the pricing of the tickets were supposedly “up to the customer”. I asked my sister if she knew about this as she often visited this museum in her college days. I was told this was due to the museum being funded by donations. The amount you paid would be appreciated, but not required to enter.

I decided to take a look at the artwork during the Roman Era as I was always interested in marble sculptures. I first found this “Marble Sarcophagus”  covered by men and children standing and lying around the sarcophagus. The words beneath the sarcophagus read, Dionysus on a panther with his attendants.” I suppose that Dionysus was an important man to have been given such a beautifully crafted marble sarcophagus. It’s always interesting to see marble become artwork carved by men without the technology we have at our hands today. The men in Rome during the 220-230 A.D has very little equipment, but still achieve such precise cuts onto the marble. This had to be done without mistake as if a mistake was encountered, the artwork would

be butchered in design.

Later on, I looked for more “modern” or “present” items. I found myself wandering into rooms designed to look like the castle of Louis XIV. I found what was the same furniture, arranged in this museum to look like it did during his reign. Of course it would not be complete without his golden utensils for his highness to enjoy his meals at his bedside. Though it may seem great to have all that luxury in ones live, I surely would prefer that I have was we would consider the commonwealth in today’s era than what was deemed high luxury in the past.