metropolitan museum of art
so, i went to the metropolitan museum of art (the met) right after i went to the moma. again i visited the met because i was excited to see some of the special exhibits they had. again, i was reminded of how much better the met does with what they have. yes, the met is not easy to navigate, but what they do have control of is excellent. i visited the superhero costume exhibit (superheros: fashion and fantasy), the j.m. turner exhibit and walked quickly through the "art of the royal court: treasures in pietre dure from the palaces of the europe."
the superhero exhibit was really well done. they had a really cool mix of actual costumes, couture and "costumes in real life." they had 2 of tobey maguire spiderman costumes, christopher reeve's superman costume, christian bale's dark knight batman costume, michelle pfeiffer's catwoman costume, rebecca romijn's mystique (x-men 3)'s "costume decals" and probably a few more i can't remember. they had adequate descriptions. one of the neat things i thought they associated was flash the superhero's speed suit to the new speedo fastskin suit. overall, i was very impressed.
then, i moved upstairs to the turner exhibit. i saw lots of turner's paintings in london at the tate britain. i like his paintings. i like the way he uses light and color. i think turner's smallest painting is bigger than dali's biggest. the met had close to probably 150 paintings. everything was really well spaced. since these paintings are so large, they can be a little closer together. i think this exhibit was about double the size of the dali exhibit with the same number of people in it. it was like comparing night and day.
i really quickly walked through the third special exhibit. it was a pretty interesting collection, but i was starting to get a little tired...
times visited: at least 7
time spent in museum: 1 hr
overall: A
the superhero exhibit was really well done. they had a really cool mix of actual costumes, couture and "costumes in real life." they had 2 of tobey maguire spiderman costumes, christopher reeve's superman costume, christian bale's dark knight batman costume, michelle pfeiffer's catwoman costume, rebecca romijn's mystique (x-men 3)'s "costume decals" and probably a few more i can't remember. they had adequate descriptions. one of the neat things i thought they associated was flash the superhero's speed suit to the new speedo fastskin suit. overall, i was very impressed.
then, i moved upstairs to the turner exhibit. i saw lots of turner's paintings in london at the tate britain. i like his paintings. i like the way he uses light and color. i think turner's smallest painting is bigger than dali's biggest. the met had close to probably 150 paintings. everything was really well spaced. since these paintings are so large, they can be a little closer together. i think this exhibit was about double the size of the dali exhibit with the same number of people in it. it was like comparing night and day.
i really quickly walked through the third special exhibit. it was a pretty interesting collection, but i was starting to get a little tired...
times visited: at least 7
time spent in museum: 1 hr
overall: A
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