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    sights and scenes. Many of you already know that I 'm famous for the mystical experiences I’ve had with Jesus and God in the past. Perhaps you’ve read my book? The Book of Margery Kempe? Yes, I Margery Kemp, got the opportunity to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. There 's over thousands of beautiful artwork, one visit won 't suffice. I was captivated by everything I saw, but I was especially drawn into the magnificent gallery number 305. From the moment I stepped into

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    Visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Viewing the Asian Art Collections The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the finest Asian art collections that has enlightened and strengthened my understanding in my personal art experience. The Museum itself is an artistic architectural structure that graces the entire block on 82nd Street in Manhattan. Entering inside, I sensed myself going back into an era, into a past where people traded ideas and learned from each other. It is a past, where

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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest art museums. The main Neoclassical architectural style building is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City, New York. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. It was founded in 1870 with a mission to collect, preserve, and display works of art. In 1866 a group of Americans gathered at a restaurant to celebrate the Fourth of July. After dinner, John Jay, a prominent lawyer gave a speech proposing

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    The Frick Collection and The Met: A Comparison The Frick Collection and The Metropolitan Museum of Art are both very distinct art museums. If you visit the museums or their online websites, it becomes very apparent that they differ in historical backgrounds, in their curatorial departments, in the way in which they were founded and then funded and in the collections of art that they house. I visited both museums and it was evident to me that they bore many differences, and at the same time, they

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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art was my choice for the museum visits. Getting to the museum was an adventure in itself. My friends and I had taken the subway and had gotten off a stop early. We had walked around Central Park before we finally saw the museum. The front steps were packed with many different groups of people. There were students on trips, tourists, and local residents. It was a magnificent sight to look at. Walking into the museum felt like walking into another world. I had initially

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    about national identity and how it is reflected in the art produced in the United States. Both museums employing traditional classification from the art history, arranging the collections by period, schools, style, movement, and artists. Both collections approach the paradigms that address the historiography of American Art has established: the Colony, the configuration of the Republic, The Civil War, the Centennial of Independence, Modern art or European influence. In turn, each collection reserves

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    Second World War, there was an increase of art markets. Museums became more professional and collectors stopped asserting themselves too personally. In the early - twentieth century, though some collection museums like the flick collection in New York maintained personal collections as they had originally been installed. Collection museums through their installations and objects display the beliefs, choices and values of their eras, and they turned into museums gradually. For the purpose of this essay

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    The manner in which a spectator responds to art and objects in a museum will differ, but what remains true is that each individual’s experience will undeniably remain their own (pg. 30). Conversely, the viewer may not be aware that the items on display have been carefully curated, sometimes in a way that places emphasis on visual interest rather than cultural significance. In Svetlana Alpers essay, The Museum as a Way of Seeing, she argues that museums establish their own way of seeing an object

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    Museum Paper

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    purpose of this paper is to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art and write a reaction paper about art works at the museum based on my impressions about them. To begin, I will start by giving you a little of background information about this interesting museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens. It opened on February 20, 1872 and was originally located at 681 on Fifth Avenue. Also known as “The Met”, the museum is located on the eastern edge of

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    Museum experience Museum is a magic place for human beings to talk to the greatest artists in the history regardless of time and space. Visiting a museum is like taking a long walk in the history of human beings. Artworks are designated to record either the unique thoughts of artists or the indelible history of a period. A short trip of the Metropolitan Museum brings me not only the joy of visiting, but also the decorous feeling of baroque art. It is not surprise that many baroque art is devoted

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