5 thoughts on “Week 7 – “Do Not Take Photos in the Museum””

  1. That title describes the only reason I hate some museums. “Leave your backpack with us.” “We need to take your camera.” This has happened to me way too often because I’m a gallery junkie. I love the above shot of the what looks like Ancient Greek artwork and the clothing shot.

  2. I feel you. When I was in Paris, my brother and I were constantly getting snapped at to not take pictures. But we did anyway because screw the rules, right? But the Metropolitan Museum of Art is kind of weird about that rule, because at the entrance there are signs everywhere to not take pictures, but once you’re inside everyone’s shamelessly snapping pictures and the guards aren’t doing anything about it. And yes, the above shot I took on the stairs above the Greek and Roman gallery (when I was still being sneaky with my camera). And the clothing shot is part of the Death Becomes Her exhibit which is this fascinating gallery of mourning clothes throughout American history. It’s a temporary exhibit I think so you should totally go see it!

  3. I had the same exact problem when I went to Paris with my school. I just wanted to take pictures to show my parents when I got home and they got all irritated with me. The aerial shot appears to have more Greek art in it than Roman, that column is Ionic which was used by the Ancient Greeks (Ancient Greeks used Doric and Ionic Columns, Romans used the Corinthian Column). The statue was also probably made by the Ancient Greeks since it appears to be made out of bronze (the Romans normally either made marble copies of Ancient Greek artwork or made busts instead; the Romans were also more realistic with their artwork and it appears to be more idealistic). Fun Facts. I love Ancient Greek and Roman art.

  4. My brother got yelled at in a church for trying to take pictures of the stained glass when we were in Sacre Couer because my camera was freaking out with the low light and his phone wasn’t. I think that when you enter that area of MMA it starts with Greek art and you pass through some hallways to Roman art too. I didn’t check it out because I was looking for the European paintings which were upstairs and then I got totally sidetracked by all of the Asian art. I have literally fifty pictures of different Buddhas on my computer now.

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