Frick

The Frick Collection is one of the most amazing ones that I've experienced in this class. They hang regally in fancy rooms that you might imagine someone with a powdered wig walked through at some point in history. More than the beautiful art, Mr. Frick's fascination with it impressed me. He had money and spent it on beautiful things that don't just sit there, but allow him to think constantly unlike people today. When a person has enough money, their first thought is to buy an iPad rather than a painting.

Although, Frick has fantastic taste and the paintings and other decorations that he chose for what was originally his home are pretentious and unwelcoming, However the drawing room that he created to fit his wife's tastes appealed to everyone much more than any other room. It was light and uplifting. There were a series of paintings; all illustrating the progression of love, as aided by cupid. The pictures were fruity and borderline ethereal and made you attuned to the romance more than any other paintings in the house. Though the paintings were beautiful and the first thing your eyes are drawn to in the room, I felt that the most beautiful piece in the room was a small unnoticeable statuette. I didn't see it and wouldn't have without the tour guide pointing it out it to me. It was a nude man and woman about to kiss with tiny cherubic cupid babies crawling all over them. The beauty in it was that it wasn't overtly sexual, but showed the most intimate part of love.