Pittsburg Visit

Last Monday my Dad and I went to visit Colleges up in Pittsburgh. Yes it was 30 something degrees, but it also was beautiful with the leaves in vibrant reds and yellows. We got a few pictures (unfortunately when my dad takes photos they come out a little blurry), and the park we visited was absolutely gorgeous, overlooking the river.

 

To kill some time(and be someplace warm) we headed into the Carnegie Museum of Art which doubled as the Museum of Natural History. While exploring the Art galleries, my Dad and I started with Modern Art, and I started thinking of how people view/define art. I narrowed it down to two definitions. People value art as a means of expression, or as a mastery of a technical craft. Depending on what value determines what you consider as "true art".  People might consider it pointless to write political slogans on a chair and call it art, while others think it's unnecessary to capture an image people see often onto a canvas. I realized art doesn't exactly have a definition, it all depends on the person, making it that much more complex. Just a thought.
A few things from the museum.

Always a favorite: Monet!!!

Things from the Gem/Stone exhibit that caught my eye