Notes from a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, part 1

Greeks: excellent
Romans: excellent
Etruscans: meh
Cypriots: ugh
Persians: I don’t get it
Egyptians (pre-Rome): A plus
Egyptians (post-Rome): B minus

Rembrandt: good
Vermeer: good
Ingres: good
Goya: okay

Van Gogh: good
Gauguin: okay
Sargent: good
Degas: good
Renoir: sucks
Homer: meh
Eakins: okay
Remington: beneath contempt

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3 Responses to “Notes from a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, part 1”
  1. teamwak says:
    August 2, 2007 at 12:43 pm

    I love a good museum. The British Museum in London has some great, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Persian stuff. I like the Peresian stuff. They always have good beards!

  2. jadedsquirrel says:
    August 2, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    Hee! This induced much giggling at work.

  3. Anonymous says:
    August 2, 2007 at 9:43 pm

    Go back for the Italian Renaissance

    Raphael, Del Sarto, Lippi — and from the decadent Mannerist period, Bronzino.
    –Ed.