Did not know there was such a place until it advertised in the NY Times. The exhibit is entitled Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd-7th Century AD. I love classic works of art: tile, painting, and statuary, especially the Paul Newman lookalikes. I was looking forward to the show but The Met has more interesting objects and when you've been to Greece, Athens, Delos, Mycenae, Crete, Istanbul, Ephesus, and the British Museum it's pretty hard to be impressed. The lobby entrance had copies of the Elgin Marbles: four images hanging about 15 feet on a wall. They did not allow photos so all I have is the brochure cover to show.
I did learn something new. I have read that a lot of statuary from the classic age was decapitated by the Muslims. They were cleaning the land of Idolatry. Today, I found out that the early christians disfigured a great deal of statues by carving crosses on them and defacing the eyes and mouth, in the belief that the image of pagan gods were sources of evil.
The Center is at 51st Street and 5th Ave.
I walked. It's cold. They said it was 11degrees. I don't know what the wind chill factor was but it was a brisk walk. I have this down coat with hood that covers almost my entire body. I got it out of storage and will be wearing it. I don't even care if it makes me look like the green Pillsbury Dough Boy.
