人教课标 高二 选修 6 Unit 1

The Best Of Manhattan’s Art Galleries Reading The Best Of Manhattan’s Art Galleries

The Frick Collection弗里克收藏馆 Henry Clay Frick The Frick Collection弗里克收藏馆

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5th Avenues and E.70th Street The Frick Collection 5th Avenues and E.70th Street Many art lovers would rather visit this small art gallery than any other in New York. Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919, leaving his house, furniture, and art collection to the Avenue n. 大街: a hotel on Fifth Avenue 第五大街上的旅馆

American people. Frick had a preference for pre-twentieth century Western paintings, and these are well-represented in this excellent collection. You can also explore Frick’s beautiful home and garden which are well worth a visit.

Guggenheim Museum 古根海姆博物馆

1929–30 At age sixty-six, the wealthy American industrialist Solomon R 1929–30 At age sixty-six, the wealthy American industrialist Solomon R. Guggenheim begins to form a large collection of important modern paintings by artists such as Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Marc Chagall. He is guided in this pursuit by a young German artist and theorist, Hilla Rebay (born Baroness Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen).

In July 1930, Rebay brings Guggenheim to Vasily Kandinsky's Dessau studio, and Guggenheim purchases several of the artist’s paintings and works on paper; he will eventually acquire more than 150 works by Kandinsky.

Guggenheim Museum 5th Avenue and 88th Street This museum owns 5,000 superb modern paintings, sculptures and drawings. These art works are not all displayed at the same time. The exhibition is always changing. exhibition n. 展览, 展出; 展览品

It will appeal to those who love Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. The Guggenheim Museum building is also world-famous. When you walk into the gallery, you feel as if you were inside a fragile, white seashell. The best way to see the paintings is to start

from the top floor and walk down to the bottom from the top floor and walk down to the bottom. There are no stairs, just a circular path. The museum also has an excellent restaurant.

Metropolitan Museum Of Art 大都会博物馆

Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue and 82nd Street The reputation of this museum lies in the variety of its art collection. This covers more than 5,000 years

of civilization from many parts of the world, including America, Europe, China, Egypt, other African countries and South America. The museum displays more than just visual delights of art. It introduces you to ancient ways of living. You can visit an Egyptian temple, a fragrant Ming garden, a typical room in an 18th century French house and many other special exhibitions. civilization n. 文明

Museum of Modern Art 现代艺术博物馆

Museum of Modern Art (53rd Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues) It is amazing that so many great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st

century are housed in the same museum century are housed in the same museum. The collection of Western art includes paintings by such famous artists as Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse. A few words of warning: admission price is not cheap and the museum is often very crowded.

Monet

Matisse French painter

Whitney Museum of American Art 惠特尼美国艺术博物馆

Whitney Museum of American Art (945 Madison Avenue, near 75th St.) The Whitney holds an excellent collection of contemporary American painting and sculpture. There are no permanent displays in this museum and exhibitions change all the time. contemporary adj. 当时的, 同时代的 permanent adj. 永久的, 持久的

Every two years, the Whitney holds a special exhibition of new art by living artists. The museum also shows videos and films by contemporary video artists.

Match the number on the map with the names of the museum.

Number on map Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art The Frick Collection Museum of Modern Art Guggenheim Museum 2 3 4 5 1

Complete the chart with the information from the reading passage. Name Address Which centuries? What countries? Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St.) 20th-21st centuries America

Name Address Which centuries? What countries? Museum of Modern Art 53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) 19th -21st century Western countries

Name Address Which centuries? What countries? Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue and 82nd Street From ancient to modern times All over the world

Name Address Which centuries? What countries? Guggen heim Museum 5th Avenue and 88th Street 20th-21st centuries Western countries

Name Address Which centuries? What countries? The Frick Museum 5th Avenue And E.70th Street Before the 20th century western countries

Match the names in column I with the collections in column II. 1. Museum of Modern Art 2. The Frick Collection 3. Whitney Museum of American Art 4. Metropolitan Museum of Art 5. Guggenheim Museum

II a. Pre-twentieth century Western paintings b. Art collection covering more than 5,000 years of civilization from many parts of the world c. Great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st century d. 5,000 modern paintings, sculptures and drawings e. Contemporary American painting and sculpture

Match the names in column I with the collections in column II. 1. Museum of Modern Art 2. The Frick Collection 3. Whitney Museum of American Art 4. Metropolitan Museum of Art 5. Guggenheim Museum c a e b d

Listening 1. GaoYan, John and Susan are on holiday in New York. Listen to the three friends discussing the art galleries they would like to visit and answer these questions. 1. Who first suggested they visit art gallery? 2. Who does not like large museums? John Susan.

3. Why is Gao Yang interested in visiting the Metropolitan Museum? He wants to see art from all over the world, including some from China. 4. What is their plan for the first day? Visit the Frick Collection in the morning and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the afteroon.

5. Why do they do to make Susan happy? They suggest that Susan go back in the afternoon from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to he hotel if she has had enough. Hohn and Gao Yan stay at the museum till it close. 6. Why doesn’t Susan want to go to the Museum of Modern Art? She thinks a monkey could paint better pictures than modern artists.

7. Which two galleries do they decide to visit on Saturday? The Whitney first and the then Guggenheim.