A Day At The Met, Pt. 2. New York, New York

 February 2, 2002  Posted in Uncategorized

Visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City – this is the second time I have been there – first time was about 7-8 years ago while I lived in Rochester, NY… Thanks to Lou for inviting me on this trip with his family…

Sculpture garden, viewed from above
Meet the shaolin kung-fu fighting bears
An incredible sculpture showing muscle tone and details
“Lewis is acting like a real tourist, taking all these pictures…”
“Do I know you? You look like my colleague David!”
Anthony and Lauren
When are you going to propose to my daughter, Anthony?
Eh… well… I sort of have to get the 10-carat ring first…
“Time for you to give Anthony a raise, so he can marry our daughter”
Let me go, let me go – sculpture that will someday inspire a play called Monsieur Butterfly
Now the armory display, one of Anthony’s favorites…

From Left to Right, armors built for the Middle Easterners, Germans, and England… I guess soldiers are just larger in size in Germany…?
Don’t know what the heck this is supposed to be… maybe the inspiration behind cat-dog?
Now moving along to the next hall…
This castle was moved all the way from Europe to NYC…

Marble bust from the Renaissance sculptor Rodin
Forgot who this painter was…
The one and only, the earless… Van Gogh
Seurat, pointalism
another painting from Seurat
I believe this is a Monet…?
Now several sculptures from Rodin’s “The Gates of Hell” study
The Death of Socrates
Moving along to the Frank Lloyd Wright’s living room display…
More of FLW’s work…
Tired yet from walking all day?
The display Lauren was most excited about – Marie Antoinette’s bedroom display…
Thank you for the tour, Lou and Barbara!
New York City at night, somewhere near my hotel…