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高二 Module 6
Unit 1
Reading
The Best Of Manhattan’s
Art Galleries
广东 林慧贤
Henry Clay Frick
The Frick Collection
弗里克收藏馆
Home of Frick
The Frick Collection
5th and Madison Avenues
Many art lovers consider this to be the
best small art gallery 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. At this Gallery, you
will not only see an excellent collection
of pre-twentieth century Western
paintings but you will also be able to
explore Frick’s beautiful house. The
garden of this lovely mansion is also
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.
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 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
The largest part of the collection is the
impressionist and post-impressionist
section. The Guggenheim Museum
building is world famous. When you
walk into the gallery you feel like you are
inside a huge white sea shell. The best
way to see the paintings is to start
from the top floor
and walk down to
the bottom. There
are no stairs, just a
circular path. The
museum also has
excellent restaurant.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art
大都会博物馆
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Avenue and 82nd Street
This museum has the greatest collection
of art in the United States. Its art
collection covers more than 5,000 years
of civilization from many parts of the
world, including America, Europe, China,
Egypt, Africa and South America. The
museum displays more than just art. It
introduces you to ancient ways of living.
You can visit an Egyptian Temple, a Ming
garden, a 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 Avenue)
It is amazing that so
many great works of art
from the late 19th
century to the 21st
century could be contained 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
2
Metropolitan Museum of Art
3
Whitney Museum of American
Art
4
The Frick Collection
5
Museum of Modern Art
1
Guggenheim Museum
Complete the chart with the information
from the reading passage.
Type of Art
Name Address Which
What
centuries? countries?
Contempora America
Whitney 945
Museum Madison ry (mainly
of
Avenue art by living
artists)
American (near
Art
75th St.)
Type of Art
Name
Address
Museum
of
Modern
Art
53rd Street
(between
5th and 6th
Avenues)
Which
What
centuries? countries?
Late 19th
century to
the 21st
century
Western
countries
Type of Art
Name
Metropol
itan
Museum
of Art
Address Which
What
centuries? countries?
5th
Avenue
and 82nd
Street
From
All over
ancient
the world
to modern
times
Type of Art
Name
Address Which
centuries?
Guggen 5th
heim
Avenue
Museum and
88th
Street
What
countries?
Modern
Western
(from late
countries
19th century
onwards)
Type of Art
Name
Address Which
What
centuries? countries?
The Frick 5th and Before the western
Museum Madison 20th
countries
Avenue century
Listening
1. Number the galleries in the order
that you hear about them.
2 The Frick Collection
5 Guggenheim Museum
1 Metropolitan Museum of Art
3 Museum of Modern Art
4 Whitney Museum of American Art
2. Listen again and then answer the
questions.
1. Who first suggested they visit art
gallery?
John
2. Who is the least interested in visiting
art galleries?
Susan
3. Why is Gao Yang interested in
visiting the Metropolitan Museum?
He wants to see the exhibition of
Chinese art.
4. Does Susan prefer large or small
galleries?
Small galleries.
5. Why doesn’t Susan want to go to
the Museum of Modern Art?
It is big, crowded and too expensive.
6. What kind of art does Susan dislike?
Modern art
7. Which two galleries do they decide to
visit on Friday and which two galleries
on Saturday?
The Frick Collection and the
Metropolitan Museum on Friday and
the Whitney and the Guggenheim on
Saturday.
Listening text
Gao Yan, Susan and John are on holiday.
They are staying in a hotel in Manhattan,
which is an island between two rivers in
the centre of New York. Listen to the
three friends discussing which art
galleries to visit.
GAO YAN: What do you want to do
tomorrow?
JOHN: What about visiting some art
galleries?
GAO YAN: That’s a good idea, John.
SUSAN: But it says in the guide book
that there are more than sixty
galleries in Manhattan.
JOHN: Well, let’s choose just a few.
SUSAN: Even a few galleries would
take more than one day.
JOHN: OK. Let’s spend two days
visiting galleries.
GAO YAN: OK, fine.
SUSAN: Mmm. Alright.
JOHN: So, Gao Yan, which galleries
would you prefer?
GAO YAN: I’d like go to the
Metropolitan Museum. It’s
got art from all over the
world. There’s even a
section on Chinese art. I’d
like to see that.
SUSAN: It’s a very big museum. I’d
prefer something smaller to
start with.
JOHN: Well, what do you suggest?
SUSAN: Well, the Frick Collection is
quite small, and it has a
beautiful garden. Perhaps we
could go to the Metropolitan
Museum after that.
GAO YAN: And we could go to the
Museum of Modern Art the
next day.
SUSAN: Oh no. It’s too big and crowded.
And it’s expensive.
JOHN: If you want to see contemporary
art, the Whiney might be better,
anyway.
SUSAN: Modern art! Do we have to?
I’m mot very fond of that stuff.
A monkey could have painted
better pictures than some of
those paintings.
JOHN: Susan, you don’t want to visit art
galleries, do you? Perhaps you’d
rather do something else?
SUSAN: No, no. I’d like to see some art,
just not too much and not too
modern.
GAO YAN: Look, what about this?
Tomorrow we could go to
the Frick in the morning
and the Metropolitan in
the afternoon.
The Metropolitan stays open until
8:45 on Friday evenings. If you’ve
had enough by dinner time, Susan,
you could go back to the hotel and I
could stay at the museum.
SUSAN: Yeah, that’s a good plan.
JOHN: Mmm, but I’d also like to go to
the Guggenheim.
GAO YAN: That’s OK. We could do
that on Saturday. We
could have a quick look in
the Whitney first and then
go on to the Guggenheim.
They’re quite close together.
The Guggenheim stays open till
late on Saturdays so we’d have
plenty of time.
JOHN: That’s an excellent plan.
SUSAN: Yeah, OK. I agree (said
grudgingly).