Met museum was a great experience; this was my second time visiting the Met museum, I visited once before when I was in 9th grade. This time I was able to stay only 2 hours, and I did manage to explore some great exhibitions. I heard a lot about the iconic The Temple of Dendur, so I decided to take this opportunity to explore the temple first. It looked amazing, I also learned some background history of the Temple of Dendur, it was built to honor the Egyptian goddess Isis. The temple dates back to the reign of Augustus Caesar and was gifted to the Met from Egypt in 1967. The structure of the temple is made of sandstone, and the temple has various engravings and carvings depicting the religious symbols of the Roman-Egyptian era of the 15th century BC. The base of the temple shows carvings of lotus plants and papyrus. I believe these symbols associated with river Nile and it is also the religious representation of ancient Egypt.
Later on, I looked at some European painting, one of the painting was Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, done by an Italian painter named Raphael. This painting as the name depicts, shows Saint John, Saint Peter and Saint Paul with Madonna and the child. This art piece was completed in the year 1504 and oil, and gold has been used as the medium on a wooden base. One thing I noticed is that Raphael painted this work in a very conservative manner and the painted shows Saint John and the Christ fully clothes in this work. I think this is a good example of Renaissance art, during this period, religion bore a significant influence on people’s lives. And evidence of religion in art during this period was clearly present in this art piece. In contrast, an example of Baroque art is The Entombment of Christ by Juan Rodríguez Juárez, 1702 Ca, Oil and gold on copper have been used as the medium. This work displays the brilliant color and dynamic modeling. This painting shows everyone bending towards Jesus, indicating that his death has an impact not only emotionally but physically on them. The expression of terror and shock is remarkably captured in this painting. The group of people look traumatized at the death of their beloved Jesus Christ. The artist has used the color and lightness to bring out the drama, emotion, and suspense of the moment. I think Renaissance art consists of more calm, stillness, and seem to lack emotions and failed to capture the emotions that it should depict. However, Baroque art is filled with emotion, focused more on the drama of the subject they were trying to showcase. Art consists of warm colors and the scenery always combined with people. The Baroque art gives people a magnificent feeling because in that period people paint pictures were very colorful. Overall, met museums visit was a pleasant experience for me, as I had the chance to learn and observe many beautiful artworks.
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