This past Sunday I spent the entire afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of my most favorite places on Earth! A trip to the Met always leaves me inspired and immediately wanting to go back for more, a must-see pit stop if you're in New York City! One of the many endless reasons why I love this museum is it's size and capacity. It is ENORMOUS and even after being there countless of times, I still, of course, haven't even seen half of it! (Or so it seems.) There's so much to look at, I get a little overwhelmed each time. I just want to see everything and soak it all in. I do have a minor in Art History after all. :)
Ranging from Quattrocento to Baroque art, to Impressionism and even Expressionism, (shocker!) here are only some of my many all-time favorite works of art at the Met. Trust me, I could write a book just on my selections from today's post! Scroll down to see art of extraordinary quality, or perhaps to see a painting you haven't seen before, or for a pick-me-up from the long weekend. What are some of your favorite art movements and/or artists? We love hearing from our readers!
Lastly, coming soon this week on the blog, a whole post on the Met's most recent exhibition: Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style, focusing on the internationally renowned style icon Countess Jacqueline de Ribes, whose originality and elegance established her as one of the most celebrated fashion personas of the 20th century. AND FYI: you have to also check out Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, an exhibition closing soon through January 24th. It was so spectacular I barely took any photos because I was so immersed in the artifacts. Really terrific, go see it now before it ends! Have a great day! Enjoy the pics below. :)
Love & xx's,
Fantastic Landscape. Francesco Guardi (Italian, Venice 1712–1793 Venice) ca. 1765. Oil on canvas.
Diana and Cupid. Pompeo Batoni.(Italian, Lucca 1708–1787 Rome) 1761. Oil on canvas.
The Birth of the Virgin. Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) (Italian, born by 1416–died 1484 Urbino) 1467. Tempera and oil on wood.
Water Lilies. Claude Monet. (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny) 1919. Oil on canvas.
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) Vincent van Gogh. (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise) 1887. Oil on canvas.
Irises. Vincent Van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). 1890. Oil on canvas.
Andromeda and the Sea Monster. Domenico Guidi. (1625-1701) Italian (Rome), 1694. Marble.
Ultimate favorite artist. Obligatory stop, Caravaggio's gallery, 621. With The Denial of Saint Peter, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Milan or Caravaggio 1571–1610 Porto Ercole), 1610 and The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist (1603). Oil on canvas
The Musicians. Caravaggio. (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Milan or Caravaggio 1571–1610 Porto Ercole) ca. 1595. Oil on canvas.
The Storm. Pierre-Auguste Cot. (French, Bédarieux 1837–1883 Paris) 1880. Oil on canvas.
Oedipus and the Sphinx. Gustave Moreau. (French, Paris 1826–1898 Paris) 1864. Oil on canvas.
Bashi-Bazouk. Jean-Léon Gerome. (French, Vesoul 1824–1904 Paris) 1868–69. Oil on canvas.
Ancient Italy Ovid Banished From Rome. Joseph Mallord William Turner. (British, London 1775–1851 London) 1838. Oil on canvas.
Salomé. Henri Regnault. (French, Paris 1843–1871 Buzenval) 1870. Oil on canvas.
Nasturtiums with the Painting "Dance" I. Henri Matisse. (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice) 1912. Oil on canvas.
Portrait of a Woman. Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) (Italian Genoa 1639-1709 Rome) ca. 1670s. Oil on canvas.
Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal. Bartolomé Estebán Murillo. (Spanish, Seville 1617–1682 Seville) ca. 1665-72. Oil on canvas.
View of Toledo. El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iraklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo) ca. 1598-99. Oil on canvas.
The moat around the Temple of Dendur, an ancient Egyptian temple in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
