Today (April 13), Google honored the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts (United States) known for its rare art collections in the world.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET museum) is one of the largest art museums in the United States, located on 5th Avenue and 82nd Street, east of Central Park, in central New York City.
The museum has many valuable art collections and the most unique artefacts in the world. This museum was founded in 1870 and opened to visitors in 1872.
In 1907, the museum is in fact the owner of many masterpieces of art, first by Renoir, then by the artists Matisse, Manet, Monet, Durer, Rembrandt, one after the other. Over three million works of art collected here.
In the museum there are many rare artifacts of ancient Egyptian and oriental art, treasures from ancient Greece, Rome and medieval Islam, especially European painting of the 20th century. Among the masterpieces of world art exhibited at the Museum are the masterpieces “Our Lady with Child and Harp” by Raphael, “Goddess and Harp” by Titian, “Landscape of Toledo “. By El Greco….
This is a huge museum so if you want to visit it is advisable to visit the official Met website to see a guide to the full travel experience which can take weeks.
The Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts presents almost all artistic stages from all countries of the world. Stroll through the ground floor series of tall, tall white stones, always crowded with people to rest or wait for their companions to visit the museum. Next comes the large reception room with a giant vase of fresh flowers.
If you are interested in Egyptian culture, visitors will be guided to the left side, before reaching the temple of Dendun – a building preserved in the 15th century BC, which will lead to literary galleries. These galleries present chronologically, over a civilized process of 36 centuries, from 3000 BC to 641.
Visitors can also choose to enter the galleries of famous American artists such as George O’Keefe, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper … This gallery is famous for its art collection. Most beautiful is the Glass Room filled with Tiffani glass masterpieces, including paintings by Tiffani for his private home on Long Island. In addition, there are works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan …
The Primitive Art Gallery exhibits cultural artifacts from Africa to America over a period of 3000 years, viewers will clearly see the difference between the civilizations of nations around the world.
European painting is exhibited on the second floor, which houses more than 30 galleries of masterpieces by Cézanne and Van Gogh, including a room dedicated to Rodin, 17 paintings by Rembrands, Renoir, Monet, or Italian painters Boticelli, Raphael or the Spanish artist El Greco.
In addition, MET also features Asian works such as Chinese ink paintings, Chinese operas, antique porcelain vases, meaningful displays, elegant Japanese furniture, Korean silk, showy and elaborate Indian jewelry. .
