The Met. AKA the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We arrived at the beginning of the day and there were still a lot of people there. The museum is huge, so we only had a small amount of time to go to a few exhibits, which were absolutely incredible.
We started off in ancient Egypt.
(A model of a grainery found in a tomb).
(Hair decorations reconstructed in a wig).
(Children’s toys with moving parts. The dog had a moving tail and mouth with a tongue and teeth).
(Sakhmet).
(A crocodile).
(A double harp).
(The armour room).
And then we went to the European art area, the area containing the art of the late 1800’s, including Monet, Degas and Manet.
(All of the above: Monet).
On our way out we also encountered a very familiar yet very different civilisation – Ancient Cyria.
They even worshiped similar animals to the Egyptians, the creature above looking just like the sun god Ra. The ancient Cyrian empire was actually more advanced than Egypt, but due to its poor resources and location in comparison to Egypt, it’s kind of become Egypt’s uncool cousin.
We then went and had some great Colombian food, saw the Gougenheim.
Went to B&H and bought this flashy new laptop which I am now writing this blog post on.
And then we went to the Eugene O’Neill theatre on Broadway to see The Book of Mormon, which was fan-fricking-tastic!
Seriously, it was hilariously crude and rude and made me long for South Park. The writing was great and beautifully satirical in both the book and the music and lyrics, as is to be expected from Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The set design and characterizations were also oddly exaggerated and cartoonistic, which was also very fitting for the hilarious, naive style of the musical. It was great, especially for my dad and brother who hate that kind of stuff.
Broadway is so different to Melbourne. In comparison the Melbourne arts culture is underground. On broadway, crowds come from everywhere just to see the shows andevery show almost always get a standing ovation, whereas in Melbourne the crowds seem to be constantly duller. Its interesting seeing how different the culture is over here, everyone is so serious and polite, whereas in Australia we are so layed back. Also noticing the similarities between cities, people are people afterall.