jan 17 morning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

I had great expectation of this museum.

The museum exceeded those expectations.



Ann took the highlight tour which began with some Japanese painting then 19th century American then some 20th century African.


I spent more time on the ancient art.

The first image is (from the internet) from the palace of Sargon II (8th century BCE).  It was about 6 feet high.

The second image is (from the internet) an Etruscan chariot from the 6th century BCE.  It is about 7 feet long and made of copper.  

There are friezes on the front and sides of the chariot that are scenes from the life of Achilles and these are consistent with the text of the Illiad (which shows that Etruscans knew a lot about that book - even though it was a presumably very different culture).

There was also a recreation of part of the palace of Ashurbanipal, a ruler of Assyria (a century after Sargon II). It was incredible but I couldn't find a good image.


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