WOODBURY- Nonnewaug high school students took a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City last week, an experience that didn’t just bring historic pieces to life, but provided an opportunity for students to see some of the world’s most revered pieces first-hand.
During this trip, the students are able to walk around and explore the new exhibits of this year.
The MET has many exciting exhibits that aren’t like anything you would see anywhere else. One of these exhibits is Egypt where you can walk around and see old Egyptian art. The exhibit has tombs, engravings and even marble sculptures.
“I love going to Egypt and looking at all of what they used to have inside the tombs,” says junior Greta Addeo. “[I also like to see how] they would engrave the rocks and stone too.”
Some other art pieces are sewn. For example tapestries by Raphael.
“They were all done by hand, and they were for the walls of the Sistine Chapel,” said NHS art teacher and trip organizer Leeza Desjardins. “It took so many years to do, and just to see it, to see the real, sewn in gold threads. It was just amazing because it wasn’t done by a machine.”
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. org, “A true titan of the Italian Renaissance, Raffaello di Giovanni Santi (1483–1520)—better known as Raphael—matched ambition with lyricism to create works with both intellectual heft and emotional depth, a necessary skill in the complex political landscape of Renaissance courts. In his short life of only 37 years, he achieved such profound success as a painter, designer, and architect that he was regarded as the pinnacle of artistic perfection for centuries after his death.”
During the visit on Tuesday, May 26th students were able to see other pieces, some of which resonate with the unique styles NHS artists have explored this semester.
“I liked the painting that is 1000 little dots and it’s like the woman in a big dress looking at the water,” says senior Samantha Sorcher. The painting she is referring to is A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. “I also like the Monet pieces and the Van Gogh pieces.”
