No one could notice you in the Museum of Modern Art. It was crowded and noisy, filled mostly with tourists. Be prepared to look online for a map because there are five floors of art with endless rooms. It was a shame there were no physical maps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like a tourist, I was most excited to take a picture next to Vincent van Gogh\u2019s Starry Night<\/em>. I have always connected with Vincent van Gogh because I enjoyed learning about his paintings in elementary school. To my surprise, Starry Night<\/em> was much smaller than I imagined, yet seeing it in person was still meaningful. I can finally check seeing it off my bucket list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, it was interesting to see how \u201cbasic\u201d some art pieces could be. For instance, Mark Rothko\u2019s paintings often consisted of stacked rectangles of colors. In his painting, No. 10<\/em>, there is a small rectangle of blue on the top, a large rectangle of yellow in the middle, and a large grey on the bottom. I didn’t really understand it, but I was drawn by its simplicity. In another untitled painting of his, the top half was black, and the bottom was grey. Looking at this painting, I felt cold and dark vibes. After reading a biography of the painting, the dark emotion made more sense because Rothko painted this piece a year before his death by suicide.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most shocking part of the museum were the modern objects presented. For instance, a pair of post-it notes, Bic Cristal ballpoint pens, and a monobloc chair were on display. I felt it was silly, but I recognize that their impact is timeless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, I am glad I made the trip to the city and spent the day at the MoMA. I was immersed by the iconic paintings of Vincent van Gogh, Picasso, and Claude Monet, but I was also inspired by the creativity of lesser known artists. Everything in the museum is art and I can’t deny I felt at least something<\/em> toward every piece, including the monobloc chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No one could notice you in the Museum of Modern Art. It was crowded and noisy, filled mostly with tourists. Be prepared to look online for a map because there are five floors of art with endless rooms. It was a shame there were no physical maps. Like a tourist, I was most excited to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":529,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/french2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}