{"id":192,"date":"2006-08-26T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-26T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2006-08-26T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-26T15:14:00","slug":"la-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/la-met\/","title":{"rendered":"La Met"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u015fa \u00ee\u015fi alint\u0103 New Yorkezii <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/\">Muzeul Metropolitan de Art\u0103<\/a>. Nu prea ai ce alinta la el, pentru c\u0103 este enorm. Dar, \u00een cazul \u0103sta, &#8222;bigger is better&#8221;! Am stat acolo vreo \u015fase ore, iar Daria a rezistat vreo nou\u0103. La \u00eenceput am fost am\u00e2ndoi \u00een zona egiptean\u0103, la templul din Dendur. \u0102sta e un templu antic din Nubia pe care egiptenii (moderni) pl\u0103nuiau s\u0103-l scufunde, \u00eempreun\u0103 cu al\u0163i kilometri p\u0103tra\u0163i, ca s\u0103 fac\u0103 un baraj \u015fi un lac artificial. Dar, fiindc\u0103 americanii au sprijinit foarte mult proiectul, le-au dat lor templul s\u0103 fac\u0103 ce-or \u015fti cu el. \u015ei americanii l-au pus la muzeu, \u00een amplasamentul lui natural, \u00eentr-o sal\u0103 c\u00e2t Polivalenta cu tavan de sticl\u0103. \u015ei or s\u0103 fac\u0103 \u015fi un fel de piscin\u0103 \u00een jurul lui! E o chestie, s\u0103 ai at\u00e2ta istorie \u00een \u0163ara ta, \u00eenc\u00e2t s\u0103-\u0163i permi\u0163i s\u0103 inunzi un templu de 2.000 de ani.<\/p>\n<p>Pe urm\u0103 ne-am desp\u0103r\u0163it, Daria s-a dus pe la chestii mai moderne, de care eu fug ca dracul de t\u0103m\u00e2ie, a\u015fa c\u0103 eu m-am dus la colec\u0163ia de instrumente muzicale, de unde n-am mai ie\u015fit vreo dou\u0103 ore. Nu e mare, are doar o sal\u0103 mare de instrumente europene \u015fi una din restul lumii, dar e extrem de bine documentat\u0103. Ne-am luat ghiduri audio \u015fi au fost de mare folos aici, pentru c\u0103 la multe instrumente aveau fragmente muzicale \u00een care \u00ee\u0163i ar\u0103tau cum sun\u0103 instrumentul \u0103la (de exemplu, un clavecin f\u0103cut acum peste 300 de ani). Multe din ele erau un pic dezacordate din cauza v\u00e2rstei \u015fi sunau un pic fals, dar oricum. Cred c\u0103 trebuie s\u0103 fie o onoare s\u0103 c\u00e2n\u0163i la a\u015fa un instrument. Cam cum a\u015f programa eu pe ENIAC \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>E foarte curios c\u0103 instrumentele a\u015fa cum le \u015ftim noi nu exist\u0103 dec\u00e2t de 100-200 de ani. \u00cenainte nimic nu era standardizat: forma, m\u0103rimea, num\u0103rul de corzi puteau s\u0103 varieze. Unele chitare, de exemplu, aveau, sub corzile normale, \u00eenc\u0103 ni\u015fte corzi &#8222;simpatice&#8221; pe care nu le puteai ciupi, dar care rezonau c\u00e2nd le atingeai pe cele obi\u015fnuite, pentru a produce un sunet mai bogat. \u015ei am mai aflat o chestie care m-a \u015focat: viorile nu au bare transversale pe coad\u0103! Adic\u0103 violoni\u015ftii trebuie s\u0103 \u00eenve\u0163e dup\u0103 ochi unde s\u0103 pun\u0103 degetul pentru diversele note!<\/p>\n<p>La pr\u00e2nz am m\u00e2ncat tot la muzeu, \u00eentr-una din cele patru sau cinci cafenele pe care le au. Problema a fost c\u0103 era un frig de zile mari \u00een sala aia, probabil ca s\u0103 te goneasc\u0103 s\u0103 mai vezi ni\u015fte art\u0103.<\/p>\n<p>Dup\u0103-mas\u0103 Daria s-a dus la s\u0103lile de pictur\u0103 european\u0103, dar pe mine m-a atras mai mult colec\u0163ia de obiecte din Orientul Apropiat. Cele mai vechi erau de la \u00eenceputul Asiriei, de acum vreo 10.00 de ani! \u015ei dup\u0103 aia o luau din aproape \u00een aproape, cu diversele civiliza\u0163ii care s-au format \u00een zon\u0103, plus turcii \u015fi macedonenii care mai invadau zona ocazional (dar asta prin mileniul I \u00ee.d.H., c\u00e2nd probabil sumerienii \u015fi babilonienii se s\u0103turaser\u0103 de at\u00e2ta civiliza\u0163ie \u015fi au zis, &#8222;las\u0103-i m\u0103 \u015fi pe \u0103\u015ftia s\u0103 ne invadeze&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>\u015ei a\u015fa am fost noi la Met. Seara am ie\u015fit iar cu mai mul\u0163i colegi \u015fi am fost la un bar pe gustul meu: bere la caraf\u0103, carne \u015fi cartofi! Dup\u0103 care am b\u0103tut str\u0103zile vreo or\u0103 \u00een c\u0103utarea altui bar, prin zona Washington Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u015fa \u00ee\u015fi alint\u0103 New Yorkezii Muzeul Metropolitan de Art\u0103. Nu prea ai ce alinta la el, pentru c\u0103 este enorm. Dar, \u00een cazul \u0103sta, &#8222;bigger is better&#8221;! Am stat acolo vreo \u015fase ore, iar Daria a rezistat vreo nou\u0103. La \u00eenceput am fost am\u00e2ndoi \u00een zona egiptean\u0103, la templul din Dendur. \u0102sta e un templu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalin.francu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}