Note 2: Moma, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters

The interior of New York’s MoMa and, to a lesser extent, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, derives its sense of indoor grandeur from the US natural wonders, examples being the Grand Canyon, Yosemite Valley and Grand Central Station. 

MoMa's interior hi rise

Jackson Pollack's shorthand

In some galleries, the ceiling is so high, it has its own climate. 

But these galleries must accommodate huge art works, such as the abstract canvasses of Jackson Pollack whose hieroglyphics are simply Pitmans shorthand writ large. 

By contrast, the Cloisters keeps a modest profile,  medieval architecture which folds into itself, as if in meditation.  

The Cloisters

An embroidered dog

You gotta feel for the donkey