The Metropolitan museum of art is a place where history can be seen in many unique depictions. The Metropolitan Museum of art, also known as the MET, "presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy." On Tuesday, December 28, 2016 I had the chance to go to the MET with my friends Reyna and Zach. When we explored the museum we came across a christmas tree, a glass ceiling, and paintings of George Washington, the Hudson River, the Civil War, and American-Indian & Western. The museum gave me a chance to explore different periods of history through the eyes of many different artists.
When we entered the MET, we came upon this colossal christmas tree. It was so beautiful and different and had so many detailings. …show more content…
The first painting we saw was Stuart's famous Lansdowne portrait the “George Washington Painting”. The painting was sizable and painted on a canvas with oil paint. In the painting Washington is standing in a classic position where he is holding his sword in one hand, and in the other holding down a document, as the role of the United States first president. The painting was more of a dramatic image and demonstrated a true image of what Washington physically looked like. The next painting we saw from Stuart was also of Washington, but instead this time it was only half of Washington's body, called, “Gibbs- Channing-Avery Portrait”. This painting was to portray how Washington looked …show more content…
One of the most spectacular period rooms in the American Wing, the Richmond Room offers a glimpse of the grandeur of early nineteenth-century domestic life as it was lived by affluent Americans. The Haverhill Room is from a house built for James Duncan Jr . It was best known as an industrial center for the milling of lumber and wheat as well as for distilling, shipbuilding, textile manufacturing, and leather processing. The Baltimore Room comes from a townhouse built between 1810 and 1811 for the Baltimore, Maryland, merchant and shipowner Henry
When we entered the MET, we came upon this colossal christmas tree. It was so beautiful and different and had so many detailings. …show more content…
The first painting we saw was Stuart's famous Lansdowne portrait the “George Washington Painting”. The painting was sizable and painted on a canvas with oil paint. In the painting Washington is standing in a classic position where he is holding his sword in one hand, and in the other holding down a document, as the role of the United States first president. The painting was more of a dramatic image and demonstrated a true image of what Washington physically looked like. The next painting we saw from Stuart was also of Washington, but instead this time it was only half of Washington's body, called, “Gibbs- Channing-Avery Portrait”. This painting was to portray how Washington looked …show more content…
One of the most spectacular period rooms in the American Wing, the Richmond Room offers a glimpse of the grandeur of early nineteenth-century domestic life as it was lived by affluent Americans. The Haverhill Room is from a house built for James Duncan Jr . It was best known as an industrial center for the milling of lumber and wheat as well as for distilling, shipbuilding, textile manufacturing, and leather processing. The Baltimore Room comes from a townhouse built between 1810 and 1811 for the Baltimore, Maryland, merchant and shipowner Henry