Art in New York City

Despite having to sit in traffic for hours, today's family outing in NYC was a good thing. First, we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where we saw Robert Frank's The Americans (b&w pictures from his trips around the country in the 50s) []. Max didn't care much for it, making a point that unlike sculptures, the pictures we can study on the Internet. So, we saw some "real 3-D art" - Greek and Roman stuff and then an amazing exhibit of Japanese arms. 14 century samurai swords [], blades smooth and shiny like a brand new Toyota. Then, some Rodin, Europeans, impressionists, until, at a Van Gogh painting[], Max declared that art makes him hungry. We got out, had hot dogs [], walked a bit and sat down for a proper lunch []. We finished the day with a stroll through the Central Park - beautiful colors, soft low late afternoon November sun, faint smell of starting to rot leaves, red berries on graying trees [].



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