NARRATOR:
Hello, and welcome to the European Paintings galleries.

In this Audio Guide, you’re invited to "look again" at some of The Met's much-loved masterpieces and discover...what’s compelling about them today?

[MONTAGE]

DR. ORNA GURALNIK:
It made me laugh a lot, this painting. It's just like, wild.

PRIYANCA RAO:
This painting really reminds me of my childhood.

RABBI SAMANTHA FRANK:
It's an image that maybe reinforces stereotypes, and it doesn't challenge you.

WOLOHOJIAN:
It's very much the way today you often have a registry when you get married and fill a household with wonderful things.

TIFFANY RACCO:
...even though it plays to a certain shock value, it likely wasn’t seen as bizarre per se.

NARRATOR:
You’ll hear ideas from Met curators and experts. And how they respond to questions and observations from visitors like you.

[MONTAGE]

LINDA CIVITELLO:
I'm a food historian.

JIM NATAL:
I’m a poet.

ORNA GURALNIK:
I am a clinical psychologist and a psychoanalyst.

BETHANY PASTORIAL:
I’m an equine photographer.

NARRATOR:
We all look through unique lenses. What appears? For some, it’s ideas about family and relationships. Others question how they present class or identity.

JIM NATAL:
You know, being human is still being human, whether you’re in the 1600s or in the 2000s.

NARRATOR:
Paintings can be personal, and these galleries hold endless perspectives across time. What’s yours?

This Audio Guide is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies.