Metropolitan Museum’s Moroccan Court
By Sarah Tricha
I can’t imagine another way to bring the art of Morocco into a museum setting other than to have the artisans construct the setting, which is what exactly what the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York did in its new Islamic wing. Now, I have a new reason to visit New York. There’s a video showing the construction of the court that I tried to embed here, but it didn’t work.
The examiner wrote an article about the Moroccan Court including the following information on color symbolism:
- Black and white – good and bad (soul)
- Blue – land
- Green – water
- Honey – air
Hmmm..green is water and blue is land? I’m thinking that’s a typo. But I do like the interpretation of black/white being soul, a balance of good and bad forces.
So what do you think? Would you visit – did you visit – the Moroccan Court in New York?
Also, you can tour the new Islamic Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art online.
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December 25th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
I admire your dedication to Moroccan design. :) Cool site. I think that was a typo too, though. Haha. And I like the idea of black and white representing the soul too. Now honey representing air is new to me, but I like it too.
December 27th, 2011 at 7:54 am
Hello
My name is Kate Frenson and I recently found your website about design. Your website looks really impressive and interesting. You give a lot of possibilities learn more about your country. Architecture of Moroccan Court is really beautiful. I thought that you could be interested in adding more basic info about culture of Morocco. This could be beneficial and make your website more visible among internet, even more popular. You could add more data or just link to other website (like this: http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Morocco.html ). Please let me know what do you think about that.
Thank you,
Kate Frenson
March 20th, 2012 at 9:21 am
What a wonderful blog! I’m surprised after all my searches the last couple of years, that I did not find your blog.
Anyway, I look forward to going through your older posts and to reading your new posts!
Thank you!!
March 22nd, 2013 at 7:57 am
I have been to the Met since they reopened the wing and it is *spectacular*! I highly recommend that anyone with an interest in Islamic art get there if they can!
I was never aware before of these color meanings, but it doesn’t surprise me, knowing already that every number value often has a deep spiritual meaning in the Muslim culture.