Saturday, August 8, 2009

pros and cons of the guggenheim

friday we went to the guggenheim!! i must say that i had higher expectations for this museum. upon arriving at the guggenheim i noticed the unique structure and was intrigued. after entering, it was obvious that the flow of the museum did not work well; i kept running into people! we took the elevator to the top and began to work our way down. i like the openness of the museum, but the constant slope downward hurt my feet. i also think it would be hard to maneuver around there if you were handicapped or in a wheelchair. on another note, frank lloyd wright's: from without outward completely blew my mind. it is amazing to me how the mind of an architect works, and i enjoyed seeing his blueprints and models firsthand. at first, i thought that wright did everything on his own, but lou informed me that he had the best architects working under him to help him out, so he did not do everything on his own. i also learned that he had workers who's jobs were specifically to make the detailed models that were on display. those were very impressive!! another con of the museum was the lack of variety. after visiting larger museums like the MoMA and of course the met, the guggenheim seemed very small and limited. All in all, the guggenheim was my least favorite, but it was still very interesting!! hopefully the brooklyn museum today will be another great experience.

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