NY VI
Day 06 (Wednesday): METROPOLITAN (Lower East) Sunday, May 8, 2011
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Start the day walking on 5th Ave in the direction of Central Park. We entered some local and we stopped at the Rockefeller Center , emblem of the city building and provided with heroic connotations that relate to the removal of the Great Depression. The entry of the oil tycoon in the world of real estate had a multiplier effect on the flagging economy of the city, building a chapter of the American Dream. " I remember the words of Andy Warhol: "I do not know what the American dream, but I think we can do a lot money with it. "
The complex comprises a series of nineteen buildings are notable for the clear intention of creating an urban space, "a city within a city" as the slogan of his mentor. Declamations beyond the intention of the development was to create a new business center in Midtown to rival in any way with the most ancient of Wall Street.
There is a rich and intelligent use of the differences in levels that takes advantage of patios with spaces applications located under the line of the sidewalk. Interact with the commercial office buildings giving al conjunto una particular energía. El lenguaje elegido es un rígido y muy austero art decó, sobre el cual se adhieren una profusa cantidad de elementos simbólicos.
Entre los elementos figurativos sobresale la gran cantidad de bajorrelieves en distintos materiales, realizados en un estilo arcaizante y geométrico, muy efectivo. La multiplicidad de los temas escogidos va desde la Biblia, pasando por la mitología y también por la exaltación de las nacionalidades. Todos conforman una especie de sinfonía coral que canta las bondades del espíritu de empresa y reflejan un vibrante humanismo sincrético, muy americano.
Se destaca in income the powerful bronze statue of Atlas on 5th Ave golden Prometheus, which flies like a modern soccer goalkeeper in his hand the fire stolen from the gods, sums up the spirit of the entire enterprise.
Later we ran up Park Avenue to enter another milestone in American architecture, the Waldorf Astoria . Opened in 1931, the imposing hall completely made of Art Deco is an encyclopedia of this style. There are large-scale management of environments that occur without interruption, are never impersonal, a condition that is achieved from the excellent detail.
The style differs somewhat from that seen on the Rockefeller Center, has in this case a classic air, which does not use the iconic trend earlier. Here is a feeling of luxury content that is in keeping with the capitalism of the post depression. A solid wealth need not be ostentatious, which the classical language, always severe, it helps to reinforce.
I note, though, sadly, overlooked, the local Emporio Armani at 717 of the 5th Ave and 56 St., designed by Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas , where stands the complex steps white steel that connects the various local levels. The building that contains it was the first to be built International Style in the 5th Ave Known as the Corning Glass Building , was designed by Harrison, Abramovitz & Abbe in the mid 50s.
Upon arriving at the 57 St. take the bus to arrive in time for the opening of the Metropolitan , exclusive goal of the day. Clarified at the outset that the attempt will be impossible to summarize the visit to a museum in the vastness of this, one of the largest in the world, but the biggest. Although it has come a small percentage of your collection, it is always and in every sense too.
However, no want to escape to compromise, try a kind of summary which divide seen in this first visit in five main groups, namely classical art, Vermeer, early twentieth century, nineteenth-century France and finally the American art of this century .
The first group is perhaps most interesting to observe the evolution of the classical period spanning ten centuries, and that was the source and origin of all Western art. Beginning with the geometric design ceramics prior to sixth century C., which are continuous with vessels decorated with classical figures of archaic style that relate myths. It is curious that slow evolution of art from abstract to figurative treading a reverse path of modernity.
succeed rooms full of vessels, large sculptures and small objects of everyday life. Some seem today, such as those relating to women's ornaments, rings, bracelets and other, which suggest that in some respects the man or woman in this case, little has changed. Mysteriously one feels about those ancestors.
The quality and realism of the human figure in sculpture to move rapidly over the centuries. Perfection seems to reach, but always dominates classical rigidity is like a stamp. Anyway we can conclude that the road to realism, as the sculpture is concerned, was largely completed by the fourth century a. C. Conclusion that otherwise Michelangelo had arrived and that triggered a decisive turn in his work. There are also gaps
antique paintings in a reconstruction of a Roman villa with surprisingly natural. Just keep in mind the primitive to realize the effort it took to mankind anew from this point of departure. The frescoes of the "bedroom of the couple" are poignant and intense palette, especially in earthy reds that dominate the images.
a short column of the Hellenistic period (300 BC) allows the observation of the Ionic capital and the degree of perfection reached in an element of architecture. The bill neatly suggests a search that goes beyond the functional, despite being a symbolic element, especially in something that could only be seen at a considerable distance.
The end is to the imperial age and the impressive series of busts of emperors who kept intact its expressiveness. The bust itself is constantly having to do with what is cultural. At the end the gay funeral processions filled coffins laden with gifts have an aspect that has little to dark, are rather holidays. No doubt the ancient Romans had found a way to relate particular with death, despite thinking that little had after it.
The second group focuses on a fluke. We were lucky enough to find on our visit a temporary show whose sole purpose was to present the famous work of Vermeer , The dairy . This came on loan from home, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, to celebrate the 400 anniversary of the discovery of the city by the Dutch. A fantastic book which can hardly have been in the absence of this wondrous chance.
is a very small and appears to have been recently restored because it shines a very particular light. The exhibition includes Vermeer others also owned by the museum as well as reproductions and stories of all the works of the painter that are only about thirty-six. It's very commendable the didactic sense I find in the museums of this city, where real interest is not just for show but also educate the public.
The picture is truly remarkable for many reasons, starting with the classic side of Vermeer light that spreads across the fabric, following the successful palette of cool tones that contrast with the yellow in the center of the canvas and ending with the story told so eloquently. The world told from the inside of these female characters that make a behind the scenes "that lets us imagine what happens outside, beyond those high window from which comes the light. So Vermeer choose how to portray the powerful seventeenth-century Holland, the opposite of that elusive and somewhat fragile empire.
A poor woman, a maid perhaps, gently pour milk will transform that simple everyday act into something almost sacred. All details of the painting speak of simplicity, the bare walls and cracked (no maps hanging from them) that hold the traces of old nails, dress simply and rolled up with care, ceramic pots and hanging basket with neglect and finally , in the foreground, the bread, ennobles everything.
The third group, one of the most extensive and varied, refers to the painting of the early twentieth century. That time when painting began to represent himself. A slow farewell to the outside world, which began to become a model increasingly circumstantial. The long journey that had marked his departure in Las Meninas by Velázquez.
It is impossible in this case even attempt a summary, but I'll settle for pointing out some works that were somehow imprinted on my memory more. We saw a very large amount of Picasso in his Cubist period, and especially its commitment to further Surrealism around the 30s. This last is an impressive number of women and almost unrecognizable dream that just stands out from the fund from which arise without achieving completely detached. Women disturbing look like monsters, but have an undeniable vitality.
We could do with emotion several unforgettable Modigliani, painter especially dear to me for many reasons ranging from its origins to the memories of the reproductions he had at home. The Reclining Nude I was really impressive in size and very special technique that moves the entire body of women, transforming it into a flat shape, but that somehow does not lose its volume. also the portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne with its mysterious and humble white shirt that goes against the golden chair, forming a kind of abstract figure from where the melancholic gaze of women.
I also had my first encounter with small Klee, which was a thrill. Cubism also saw a lot of Picasso, Braque and Juan Gris, and certainly more surreal with its most famous exponents, Dalí. Also this school, but not in this case, a powerful portrait of De Chirico severe profile on a green background. Chagall addition and a blue looked hard to forget the strange characters Dubuffet and fragile walkers Giacometti.
exhausted after this amount of information received and enjoyed, we decided to stop for lunch. For this we turn to the roof to restore strength and eating salami sandwiches we had brought. The terrace is worth visiting for the view of Central Park city \u200b\u200band from there it is, although the day was a little cloudy and windy.
find another in the same occasional surprise, the giant sculpture Roxy Paine called Maelstrom . A metallic tree thrown on the deck of the terrace, about 40 meters long in some places reaches 10 in height. Built with industrial pipes of different section, with the welds in the light and fully painted a bright silver. The work belongs to the series "Dendroids." Their shape poses a unique relationship between nature of form and matter in the it is made. In this case also requires a particular interaction with the work, as it is in the middle of the terrace and its parts is necessary to avoid walking through it. His position raises an interesting foreground to enjoy magnificent views over the city.
ago are facing the fourth group, which by extension raises even greater difficulties than before. This is the nineteenth-century European painting in a very thorough tour. We begin by naturalists and the fantastic forests of Corot , painter who joins me emotionally the memory of her paintings at the museum in Buenos Aires. We also found to Courbet and powerful women full of sensuality and extra kilos. From the other side of the canal there are misty Turner and good scenery John Constable.
Later we find the Picasso Blue Period, his paintings have a remarkable value and that paint a grim universe of characters burdened by the weight of their lives. After watching this series you can not help wondering about the amazing versatility of this monumental artist. And after Renoir , Gaugin, Manet , Monet and the Impressionists all major and minor.
A special mention for the many Van Gogh there, among which for emotional one pair of shoes that reminds me of Heidegger's essay, although in a more urban. There is also a streak of three particularly caught my attention not typically have a palette of Van Gogh: Roses , with a pale green background, picking olives Women, with its sky pink, and classic, brushstroke rather tortuous and blue sky Olive trees.
It also highlights the many Cezanne, the painter with more recognition within the followers, the true hinge of the time between impressionism and later movements that tended more to the abstract. Are your famous fruit particularly enlightened and untiring study of Mont Saint Victoire. I discover
Degas, an artist who always had little patience, especially its emphasis on the recurrent theme of his dancers made cake. First I discover as a sculptor, not only for its famous and famous bronze ballerina tutu skirt, but also for its small and exquisite bronze horses. In Second live view his painting has another value, because the cake is a technique that is much appreciated seeing the line and in combination with rapid hazy. No doubt excess beyond the dancers, no doubt, is an artist and an exceptional artist, who until now had not appreciated in its true dimension.
When we announced that the museum will close in ten minutes run to reach the last group, ie American Expressionist painters, one of the main reasons for me the whole trip. We can only look very fast, while the guard is instigating us to retreat. My first encounter with Pollock is fleeting but intense I expected an experience many years ago. Anyway, it is enough to be subjugated and to know that back in the days ahead. We
cast almost pushed the museum and find out that there is still some light. We then headed to the subway to go for a walk around the East Village in the once ill-famed Lower East. We went down again
Astor Place, opposite Cooper Union , but this time we went to the left, to the east, away from Greenwich Village distinguished. Undoubtedly the addition of the word to the name East Village has its origin in a move that is raising real estate with the name of the level (and price) of a neighborhood. Something similar to what happens with the infinite "Palermo" in Buenos Aires.
Before the walk discovered the expansion of Cooper Union, recently opened, located at 41 Cooper Sq , behind the old building. Is entirely devoted to university education and having within different faculties. This is a really weird shaped structure completely wrapped in a skin of perforated plates which have been made of fancy cuts.
We entered the hall to access multiple height and inclined planes, but we can go further. From there starts form a zigzag staircase that runs along the building height. Then I learn that this is nothing less than design Thom Mayne Morphosis to . The result of the building is certainly impressive, but not the kind of architecture that I personally like, among other things because their material always looks messy.
start our tour right at East 7th St. to Tompkins Square Park in the heart of the once dreaded Alphabet City. The neighborhood we found our way is particularly interesting since it looks poorer, but certainly more genuine bohemian rich neighbor on the west side. Here are a variety of clothing stores and restaurants used and exotic objects. The people are almost entirely immigrant, predominantly Asian and Latino.
The park can be glimpsed in the shadows, while small bars that surround it are prepared to provide the evening meal. The average evening light gives the room a special atmosphere.
Arriving at the park and is almost night and turn right onto Houston Ave B to Ave A cross from there begins the strict area of \u200b\u200bthe Lower East Side, which also has a lot of movement. The Yankees play a decisive match World Series Baseball, and people fill the pubs to watch.
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