Comparing Frick's Visit To The Metropolitan Museum
People who are an art lover, they’ll love and enjoy this museum. I know it must not be one of the art museum that is on the list of many people “to do list” once they land in New York City because it is not as popular as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, it is a better choice than the Metropolitan Museum because it is a remarkable way to spend an afternoon in an art museum and to view a variety of recognizable artists. The Frick Museum is a jewel. You’re allowed to wander around the Frick’s home, which is decorated with stunning furniture and many of the finest art ever collected. Each room is embellished with the time period it was in, followed by the art, which hangs on the walls. The only sad part was that we weren’t allowed to take
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Many people were in groups, which they spoke to one another about the painting. I was fortunate to be able to ask them what they thought of the painting. They told me the opposite of what I thought was going on. A lady told me that during this time, the association between love and music was a metaphor for a romantic relationship. Many women took music classes because it permitted young people to freely associate with each other without the presence of parents or guardians. It was a way a young woman and a man were able to be as close to each other without any suspicion of them doing anything bad. Another man actually went into details about the painting. He said that on the table, the instrument was called a cittern. It was a very popular instrument during this time period, which would be use for dancing to the music. I asked them, “What do you think Vermeer painted her with that specific facial expression?” Both of them said that maybe she had been caught being too close to him, while he taught her about the music notes in his hands. In her eyes, she is telling the person who has caught them to keep quiet with her eyes. She didn’t want the music teacher to know that they would be caught and it would be the last time they were able to be
Many people were in groups, which they spoke to one another about the painting. I was fortunate to be able to ask them what they thought of the painting. They told me the opposite of what I thought was going on. A lady told me that during this time, the association between love and music was a metaphor for a romantic relationship. Many women took music classes because it permitted young people to freely associate with each other without the presence of parents or guardians. It was a way a young woman and a man were able to be as close to each other without any suspicion of them doing anything bad. Another man actually went into details about the painting. He said that on the table, the instrument was called a cittern. It was a very popular instrument during this time period, which would be use for dancing to the music. I asked them, “What do you think Vermeer painted her with that specific facial expression?” Both of them said that maybe she had been caught being too close to him, while he taught her about the music notes in his hands. In her eyes, she is telling the person who has caught them to keep quiet with her eyes. She didn’t want the music teacher to know that they would be caught and it would be the last time they were able to be