10 Pieces to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Part 1) | Behind the Masterpiece

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Every year, more than seven million people from around the globe visit the celebrated galleries and exhibitions of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With 17 curatorial departments and more than 2 million works in its permanent collections, The Met contains more treasures than most visitors will ever be able to see in a lifetime. To help guide your trip, here are 5 of the most important artworks to see on your visit!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Temple of Dendur
3:12 - Death of Socrates
6:20 - Portrait of Madame X
8:23 - Washington Crossing the Delaware
10:50 - Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru
12:46 - Conclusion
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[@rustybearden1800]

As a poor college student in NYC with no money and very little to do, I used to go to the Met quite often. After my $2 toasted bagel with cream cheese and a regular(?) coffee I would stride jauntily in and pay the suggested entrance fee - wait, I was broke and had a student ID so I was cheerily waived in for free. I would literally spend hours and hours just absentmindedly wandering around with no purpose or agenda. Dear God, the things I saw. All of this and more. Weapons, armory, costumes, pre Columbian pottery, Tiffany stained glass windows, all manner of Asian artifacts, an intact, reconstructed Egyptian temple, Arts and Crafts interiors, magnificent paintings from all eras and styles, coins, jewelry, sculpture and more and more. Room after room after floor after floor - like the spoils of Indiana Jones. Beautifully maintained and staffed, with restrooms and sitting areas that would shame the finest hotels. Again, I spent literally hour after hour after day after day at The Met. Quite literally the greatest museum on planet Earth, period. And if you grow tired of all of the magnificence, the best of NYC and Central Park lay just steps away. What a place!

[@ranjithpowell6791]

Riyadh has the best art museum

[@tinavino1575]

Me, paying nearly 2 thousands dollars on flight tickets and spending nearly 14 hours in air, with the dizzy head, fighting my body which wants to sleep by the Korean hours, not the NY hours. All these to spend 2 days of my life in MET.

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

Live across the street from them at one point!

[@truckingwithtobee]

It’s impossible to see everything in one day. It took me 2 full days to see everything. Such a gorgeous museum ❤

[@Marshimellow]

I've been to the MET before but never had the context to fully appreciate the pieces. I love how captivating and educational this video is, I can't wait to go back now!

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🙌

[@andreisokolov6971]

The best Museum.

[@ericxplackis]

I can’t believe how unknown this channel still is… Great video as always!

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

Thank you for your kind words 🙏 I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@uncomman]

Will definitely be looking for these pieces when I visit The MET.

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

You should!

[@VeryLaw]

Underrated YT channel

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

Thank you! 🙏

[@samueljaramillo4221]

We’ve been to this magnificent museum many times and never get tired of it.

[@nicolendsouza]

I need to visit the MET!!

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

It is a wonderful museum 🙌

[@Al-yz6ef]

Love this! Wow, been to the MET couple of times, but feel like need to go once more just to check it out in more detail now.

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

Definitely! 🥳

[@jlouisseverson]

This channel is amazing! Congrats!

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

Thank you! 🙏

[@garyb2392]

I’ve been to the Met but when 4days after I visited the Chicago Art Institute, at the time CAI made a bigger impression on me…I need to see it again

[@texas1949]

👏👏👏👍 just plan on visiting nyc for at least a couple of days to see it ALL! Every piece is a master!

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

Have fun!

[@gigirlp11]

Love this! Thanks for the content! 🤍

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

Thanks for watching!

[@dexterts63]

Great Video. Please make more! I loves these viedo so much and that conclusion is prefect. I didn't appreciate artswork before until i came across this channel. Keep up the good work.

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🙏

[@princessoftheblackho]

Thanks!

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

No problem!

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

The Temple of Dendur is something that needs to be smelled to be believed. I don't know why, but the way it smelled was genuinely 2000 year old socks. Impressive piece of history, but boy the smell lol.

[@riverwalktrading1544]

Every time I visit the met I am in awe that the Colossal Statue of a Pharoah is a survivor from biblical times ! Visitors are not allowed to touch this statue but I am guilty of having done so as I by so doing have reached back to ancient times ( and say a little prayer)

[@evelynramos445]

Monday morn was my class

[@suzetebrito4506]

Only five pieces? I saw much more... and I think I saw all the pieces I was interested. I planned my visit making a list of all pieces that I though couldn't miss seeing. I was at the museum since 10 am unti 5 pm. It was hard, I found the Met very labyrinthine, but I finnish my visit very happy beacause I could see many paintings that I wanted to see since I my times in the Colege.

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

There's also a part 2! It is a wonderful museum.

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[@gapjin-art]

Gapjin art Thank you so much

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

❤️❤️❤️

[@danielclaeys7598]

The black man was Washington's military advisor and is an unsung hero of the revolutionary war.

[@anethcalvillo7980]

Awesome video! I´m planning my next trip to NY, and I cant wait to visit the Met. Does anyone know in which galleries are these pieces? Thank you!

[@BehindtheMasterpiece]

Thank you! Have fun!

[@evelynramos445]

Washington and Sargent are among where guess? Who lives regionally now?

[@andrenewcomb3708]

Wasn't the death of Socrates in "The Apology"? (perhaps I'm wrong . . . it's been a long time.)

[@kungshih3881]

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[@SuzanaMantovaniCerqueira]

Strange image of Medicine Buddha over there. Maybe it was a chinese interpretation? The original Medicine Buddha has a blue body and one hand inside of o pot with „medicine“. This one looks like more a Compassion Buddha.

[@jamesanonymous2343]

WHAT I ENJOYED SEEING THE MOST, WAS THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE AS I WAS ""GONIG OUT"",,,,, ONCE IS ENOUGH OF THIS OVER THE TOP DISPLAY !!!!!!!!

[@wiltrudfriesch6781]

Met reminds me on the word Mett. That's raw minced meat. That's why I don't like that word Met for that Museum.

[@offinpublic007]

It's the metropolitan museum of art..Met is just for short

[@kungshih3881]

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