***Time will be kind to Bougereau. The modernists? Not so much. ***
I agree. I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC last spring. Spent way too much time in the Egyptian area and had to hustle through the 1800 European art, bypassed the Picasso crap, stood in awe of Rembrandts paintings. Had my photo taken next to Cabanal’s BIRTH OF VENUS and want to go back again.
Bogereau’s BIRTH OF VENUS is also one of my favorites.
LOL. You did better than I have ever managed at MOMA. I’ve been there perhaps half a dozen times and I don’t think I’ve ever gotten beyond the first floor.
Since modern art, in my book, begins about 1300, this is perhaps not a great loss. But still, next time I get there I may have to just embargo the first floor entirely.