ReadingTheBestOfManhattan’sArtGalleriesTheFrickCollection弗里克收藏馆HenryClayFrickHomeofFrick5thandMadisonAvenuesManyartloversconsiderthistobethebestsmallartgalleryinNewYork.HenryClayFrick,arichNewYorker,diedin1919,leavinghishouse,furniture,andartcollectiontotheTheFrickCollectionAvenuen.大街:ahotelonFifthAvenue第五大街上的旅馆Americanpeople.AtthisGallery,youwillnotonlyseeanexcellentcollectionofpre-twentiethcenturyWesternpaintingsbutyouwillalsobeabletoexploreFrick’sbeautifulhouse.Thegardenofthislovelymansionisalsowellworthavisit.GuggenheimMuseum古根海姆博物馆5thAvenueand88thStreetThismuseumowns5,000modernpaintings,sculpturesanddrawings.Theseartworksarenotalldisplayedatthesametime.Theexhibitionisalwayschanging.GuggenheimMuseumexhibitionn.展览,展出;展览品Thelargestpartofthecollectionistheimpressionistandpost-impressionistsection.TheGuggenheimMuseumbuildingisworldfamous.Whenyouwalkintothegalleryyoufeellikeyouareinsideahugewhiteseashell.Thebestwaytoseethepaintingsistostartfromthetopfloorandwalkdowntothebottom.Therearenostairs,justacircularpath.Themuseumalsohasexcellentrestaurant.MetropolitanMuseumOfArt大都会博物馆MetropolitanMuseumofArt5thAvenueand82ndStreetThismuseumhasthegreatestcollectionofartintheUnitedStates.Itsartcollectioncoversmorethan5,000yearsofcivilizationfrommanypartsoftheworld,includingAmerica,Europe,China,Egypt,AfricaandSouthAmerica.Themuseumdisplaysmorethanjustart.Itintroducesyoutoancientwaysofliving.YoucanvisitanEgyptianTemple,aMinggarden,aroominan18thcenturyFrenchhouseandmanyotherspecialexhibitions.civilizationn.文明MuseumofModernArt现代艺术博物馆MuseumofModernArt53rdStreet(between5thand6thAvenue)Itisamazingthatsomanygreatworksofartfromthelate19thcenturytothe21stcenturycouldbecontainedinthesamemuseum.ThecollectionofWesternartincludespaintingsbysuchfamousartistsasMonet,VanGogh,Picasso,andMatisse.Afewwordsofwarning:admissionpriceisnotcheapandthemuseumisoftenverycrowded.MonetMatisseFrenchpainterWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt惠特尼美国艺术博物馆WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt惠特尼美国艺术博物馆WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt945MadisonAvenue(near75thSt.)TheWhitneyholdsanexcellentcollectionofcontemporaryAmericanpaintingandsculpture.Therearenopermanentdisplaysinthismuseumandexhibitionschangeallthetime.contemporaryadj.当时的,同时代的permanentadj.永久的,持久的Everytwoyears,theWhitneyholdsaspecialexhibitionofnewartbylivingartists.Themuseumalsoshowsvideosandfilmsbycontemporaryvideoartists.Completethechartwiththeinformationfromthereadingpassage.NameAddressTypeofArtWhichcenturies?Whatcountries?WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt945MadisonAvenue(near75thSt.)Contemporary(mainlyartbylivingartists)AmericaNameAddressTypeofArtWhichcenturies?Whatcountries?MuseumofModernArt53rdStreet(between5thand6thAvenues)Late19thcenturytothe21stcenturyWesterncountriesNameAddressTypeofArtWhichcenturies?Whatcountries?MetropolitanMuseumofArt5thAvenueand82ndStreetAllovertheworldFromancienttomoderntimesNameAddressTypeofArtWhichcenturies?Whatcountries?GuggenheimMuseum5thAvenueand88thStreetModern(fromlate19thcenturyonwards)WesterncountriesNameAddressTypeofArtWhichcenturies?Whatcountries?TheFrickMuseum5thandMadisonAvenueBeforethe20thcenturywesterncountries
