Metropolitan Museum of Art
Introduction
The Met Fifth Avenue is the main museum building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States. It is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, along Museum Mile at the east end of Central Park on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[1][2][3] The original building was built in 1872. It was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967.[4].
History
After negotiations with the City of New York in 1871, the Met was awarded the land between East Park Drive, Fifth Avenue, and the cross streets of 79th and 85th Streets "85th Street (Manhattan)") in Central Park. A red brick and stone building was designed by American architect Calvert Vaux and his collaborator Jacob Wrey Mold. Vaux's ambitious building was not well received; It was dubbed a "mausoleum" by critics, its High Victorian Gothic style was already considered dated before its completion, and the president of the Met called the project "a mistake."
At 20 years old, an architectural plan was already being executed to envelop this building. Since then, many additions have been made, including the distinctive Beaux-Arts façade of the "Beaux Arts (architecture)") Fifth Avenue, the Great Hall and the Grand Staircase, were designed by architect and Met trustee, Richard Morris Hunt and completed in 1902 after his death by his son, Richard Howland Hunt, the.[5] The architectural sculpture on the façade is by Karl Bitter.[6].
The wings that completed the Fifth Avenue facade in the 1910s were designed by the firm of McKim, Mead & White. The modernist glass sides and rear of the museum are the work of Roche-Dinkeloo. Kevin Roche was the architect of the museum's master plan and expansion for more than 40 years. He was responsible for the design of all of its new wings and renovations, including, but not limited to, the American Wing, the Greek and Roman Courtyard, and the recently opened Islamic Wing.[7].
Architecture
Contenido
El Met mide casi400 m de largo y con más de 190,000 m de superficie, más de 20 veces el tamaño del edificio original de 1880.[8][9] Es una acumulación de más de 20 estructuras, la mayoría de las cuales no son visibles desde el exterior. La ciudad de Nueva York es propietaria y contribuye con los servicios públicos, la calefacción y parte del costo de la tutela.