The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one of the finest Asian and European art collections that has enlightened and strengthened my understanding in my personal art experience. Walking into the Hall of Buddhas, there was a sense of peace and guidance lingering inside me. The Seated Buddha, of the Tang dynasty, ca.650, from China, made of dry lacquer with traces of gilt and polychrome pigments, height 38 in, and width 27 in, sculpture-in-the-round. One of characteristics of …showed first 75 words of 1062 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1062 total…The Adoration of the Shepherds was a significant masterpiece. The new technique of extreme realism, the breakdown of the traditional idealized aristocratic figures. It is specifically ordered and balanced so as to emphasize the significance of what is taking place, as well as to further the idealization of the individual figures contained within the work. They are portrayals of rational actions which display balanced form and distinctive structure, thereby vaulting the scene beyond the commonplace.