Metropolitan Museum of Art Visit
Suijingū (Shrine of the Water God) Mihrab(prayer niche) lamassu(bull version) lamassu(lion version) This past Friday I went on a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see different types of art from various time periods. We went on a tour through the museum and the first piece of art worked we looked at was from the Islamic galley and it was called mihrab(prayer niche). the next two artworks was from the Near Eastern Exhibition, they were both lamassus which meant I ancient times they were used to guard the palaces. one of the lamassus was a human-headed winged bull and the other was human-headed winged lion. the next artwork was a rather unique piece called PixCell-Deer#24; it is a real dead deer covered in marble spheres. the fourth artwork on the tour was my personal favorite was Suijingū or Shrine of the Water God. the last two pieces of art were portrayals of the sane person which was John Brown but they were the complete opposite. the first one was named John