Okay! So here it goes.....
Shh! - whispering words through pages
Impressing on me knowledge, wisdom and light
A sacred place always, indeed.
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| Main Reading Room |
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Prometheus brings to mankind fire and knowledge stolen from the gods.
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Making our way down 5th Avenue to St. Patrick's Cathedral. It is the largest Catholic cathedral in the U.S. and the 11th largest in the world. First intended to be a burial plot but the ground was to rocky. So in 1850 Archbishop Hughes announced he was to build a new cathedral on the site (BB, p.254).
As we continue down 5th avenue in the rain we stop into FAO Schwartz to refuel on sweets and bring out the kid in us before our journey to Central Park.
Splish splashing
in the rain
as we are
walking through Central Park or at least part of it (South Central Park). A park that looks like it was saved from concrete and skyscrapers was actually man made, designed by Frederick Law Olmstead & Cavert Vaux (BB, p.279). It is 843 acres. So getting lost is pretty easy. But come to find out that on the lamp posts are metal plates that tell the cross street. It's just a matter of decoding the numbers.
So let's see how this works: first 2 number is the cross street- 97th street. The final digits if they are even ones you are the east side and if they are odd numbers you are on the west side.
so 30 is even so it's 97th street on the east side? Pretty good because where I took that picture was walking towards the Guggenheim from El Museo de Barrio.
After a quick lunch break we head back through Central Park to make our way to The MET. This time passing through an area of the park dedicated to John Lennon.....
......called Strawberry Fields (a name from an Orphanage in Liverpool)
"Imagine " is inscribed in the center of black and white mosaic a reproduction of mosaic from Pompeii and a gift from Naples, Italy. ( BB, p292) that is usually decorated with flowers and candles.
The Met is the largest museum in then world. It occupies 1.5 million square feet (31 times a size of a football field). Its collections include more than 2 million objects that includes the whole world & entire sweep of human civilization (BB,p. 326).
We went to the second floor to see Modern Art. Looking at abstract art from artists such as Pollock, Warhol, Kooning. Prof. Hey said"when you look at abstract it is your relationship to the painting. How does it make you feel? "
It took me awhile to learn how to appreciate art. I found that art is a process or should I say science, you really need to take the time to look at art and enjoy it, savor it for awhile.
OH! right! maybe that is why there are benches in front of some pieces.... Give it a chance. Then get to know the history or life of the artist and piece, for me it brings it all together.
The beauty about art whether it is a building, park, in a museum is that it has a story to tell. Whether it is the piece to you or you to the piece.
Some of my favorites are the European paintings.
Splish splashing
in the rain
as we are
So let's see how this works: first 2 number is the cross street- 97th street. The final digits if they are even ones you are the east side and if they are odd numbers you are on the west side.
so 30 is even so it's 97th street on the east side? Pretty good because where I took that picture was walking towards the Guggenheim from El Museo de Barrio.
After a quick lunch break we head back through Central Park to make our way to The MET. This time passing through an area of the park dedicated to John Lennon.....
......called Strawberry Fields (a name from an Orphanage in Liverpool)
"Imagine " is inscribed in the center of black and white mosaic a reproduction of mosaic from Pompeii and a gift from Naples, Italy. ( BB, p292) that is usually decorated with flowers and candles.
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| Joan of Arc Jules Bastien-Lepage |
The Met is the largest museum in then world. It occupies 1.5 million square feet (31 times a size of a football field). Its collections include more than 2 million objects that includes the whole world & entire sweep of human civilization (BB,p. 326).
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| Joan Miro The Hunter |
It took me awhile to learn how to appreciate art. I found that art is a process or should I say science, you really need to take the time to look at art and enjoy it, savor it for awhile.
OH! right! maybe that is why there are benches in front of some pieces.... Give it a chance. Then get to know the history or life of the artist and piece, for me it brings it all together.
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| Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Raphael |
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| Denial of St. Peter Carravagio |
Some of my favorites are the European paintings.
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| Head of an old Woman Orazio Borgianni |
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