Well, I'm back from the Met, and I've only got a couple minutes...
So I didn't actually sit down and do studies in the Met; there was just too much to see and not enough time to do both. I opted to take pictures of things that I found particularly interesting to jog my memory while I use them as inspiration or material for master studies later on (hopefully over the course of the next month). So, to make sure I put some pretty pictures in, I'll throw up a few pics of things that I thought were interesting and not as commonly displayed in the Met:
So I didn't actually sit down and do studies in the Met; there was just too much to see and not enough time to do both. I opted to take pictures of things that I found particularly interesting to jog my memory while I use them as inspiration or material for master studies later on (hopefully over the course of the next month). So, to make sure I put some pretty pictures in, I'll throw up a few pics of things that I thought were interesting and not as commonly displayed in the Met:
The transition from relief to carved out struck me as being really interesting. Not to mention the torn away part a the top seems to add to the design and compliment the carved portions.
Okay, so the Arms and Armor part is pretty well documented, but the ceremonial Japanese weapons hit me the same way the carving did. It's a fun way to play with well known shapes such as spears, swords, arrows and the like.
It might be hard to see, but the wood splits in this carving and gives it a really neat texture. Not to mention the grain works with the elongated proportions to create this interesting figure.
I got really excited in there, and hopefully I can go back and have the time to do actual studies of the artwork in person. Honestly, I think I could spend a whole day just in a single wing of the building.
So this was a little different than I usually do, but hopefully it's still interesting and I'll try to make use of these pics in the future. I'll be back again tomorrow!
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