Not Boudicca's and yet So Impressive

One of the things I used to enjoy doing on Christmas when I was living in Madrid was going to the Reina Sofia Museum very late in the evening (they close at 9pm) and enjoining the art works with the city's Christmas lights outside the windows as a background.

The Metropolitan Museum last night at 8.15pm

Reading the New York magazine yesterday I saw an ad advertising a "special holiday opening" for the Metropolitan Museum; Dec 24 & 31 open till 5.30pm and Fri and Sat open till 9pm. I put my coat on and quick to the MET last night at 8pm.
Friday is a wonderful day to visit the MET in the evening also because there are classical music performances that you can hear all over the museum and it's wonderful to visit a museum with soundtrack.

As every year for Christmas, the MET presented an impressive Christmas tree framing a Neapolitan Baroque Nativity Scene from the XVIII Century. It's not what Boudicca made for the V&A but still... beautiful. [There were signs all over the show saying "no pictures" but I'm glad everyone was taking them and so did I ... :) ]

Christmas Tree and XVIII Century Neapolitan nativity scene at the MET

The tree and nativity scene are located at the Medieval section of the museum so I couldn't help but walking around to enjoy this type of Art which is my favourite art whatsoever: it's so dark and moving.
I spent the whole hour looking at the different "Virgin with Child" that covered the whole space. I took pictures of some of them but there were much more featured.

The clothes were really beautiful, long dresses and tunics that i wouldn't mind to see them coming back...
These outfits seem to be inspired more in what women wore in the Middle Ages than in the Roman Empire, but still they are like something in between, or that's my impression, I can't really tell...




// Una de las cosas que más me gustaba hacer en Navidad cuando vivía en Madrid era el irme al Reina Sofia por la tarde noche aprovechamdo que cierran a las 9. Me encantaba mirar por las ventanas y ver todas las lucecitas de colores en la ciudad mientras yo estaba ahi dentro disfrutando de las obras de arte.
Ayer en la revista New York vi anunciado la apertura del Museo Metropolitano los dias 24 y 31 de Diciembre asi como del cierre tarde del museo los viernes y los sabados, y ayer era viernes... no dude un segundo en ponerme el abrigo (eran las 8) e irme para alla.
Como todos los años por estas fechas el MET ha puesto un árbol gigantesco de Navidad con un belén Napolitano original Barroco que es una maravilla. Y aunque no es como el árbol que Boudicca preparó para el Victoria & Albert... vale la pena.
El árbol esta colocado en la sección de Arte Medieval y no pude resistirme de darme una vuelta por los alrededores porque el Arte Medieval me encandila, tiene algo de "oscuro" que me encanta.
Había un monton de Virgenes con niño y me puse a hacer fotos como loca porque me encantaron los trajes que llevaban y la postura de todas ellas. Los trajes parecen estar más inspirados en los trajes de la Edad Media que en los del Imperio Romano, pero tampoco sabría decir porque esta un poco todo mezclado...