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1、新课标人教版课件系列,高中英语选修（模块）6-1.7,Reading,The Best Of Manhattans Art Galleries,The Frick Collection弗里克收藏馆,Henry Clay Frick,Home of Frick,5th and Madison AvenuesMany 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,furnit
2、ure,and art collection to the,The Frick Collection,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 Fricks beautiful house.The garden of this love
3、ly mansion is also well worth a visit.,Guggenheim Museum古根海姆博物馆,192930 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
4、by a young German artist and theorist,Hilla Rebay(born Baroness Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen).,In July 1930,Rebay brings Guggenheim to Vasily Kandinskys Dessau studio,and Guggenheim purchases several of the artists paintings and works on paper;he will eventually acquire more than 150 works by Kandins
5、ky.,5th Avenue and 88th StreetThis 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.,Guggenheim Museum,exhibition n.展览,展出;展览品,The largest part of the collection is the impressionist and post-impression
6、ist 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 exce
7、llent restaurant.,Metropolitan Museum Of Art大都会博物馆,Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue and 82nd StreetThis 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,Egyp
8、t,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 Art5
9、3rd 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 warnin
10、g:admission price is not cheap and the museum is often very crowded.,Monet,MatisseFrench painter,Whitney Museum of American Art 惠特尼美国艺术博物馆,Whitney Museum of American Art945 Madison Avenue(near 75th St.)The Whitney holds an excellent collection of contemporary American painting and sculpture.There ar
11、e 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
12、 map with the names of the museum.,234,51,Contemporary(mainly art by living artists),America,Late 19th century to the 21st century,Western countries,All over the world,From ancientto modern times,Modern(from late 19th century onwards),Western countries,Before the 20th century,western countries,Liste
13、ning,1.Number the galleries in the order that you hear about them.The Frick Collection Guggenheim Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art,5,1,3,4,2,2.Listen again and then answer the questions.,1.Who first suggested they visit art gallery?2.Who is the le
14、ast interested in visiting art galleries?,John,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 doesnt Susan want to go to the Museum of Modern Art?It is big,crowde
15、d 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
16、 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 artgalleries?GAO YAN:Thats a good i
17、dea,John.SUSAN:But it says in the guide book that there are more than sixty galleries in Manhattan.,JOHN:Well,lets choose just a few.SUSAN:Even a few galleries would take more than one day.JOHN:OK.Lets spend two days visiting galleries.GAO YAN:OK,fine.SUSAN:Mmm.Alright.,JOHN:So,Gao Yan,which galleri
18、es would you prefer?GAO YAN:Id like go to the Metropolitan Museum.Its got art from all over the world.Theres even a section on Chinese art.Id like to see that.,SUSAN:Its a very big museum.Id prefer something smaller to start with.JOHN:Well,what do you suggest?SUSAN:Well,the Frick Collection is quite
19、 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.Its too big and crowded.And its expensive.JOHN:If you want to see contemporary art,the Whiney might be better,anyway.,SUSAN:Mod
20、ern art!Do we have to?Im mot very fond of that stuff.A monkey could have painted better pictures than some of those paintings.JOHN:Susan,you dont want to visit art galleries,do you?Perhaps youd rather do something else?,SUSAN:No,no.Id like to see some art,just not too much and not too modern.GAO YAN
21、: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 youve had enough by dinner time,Susan,you could go back to the hotel and I could stay at the museum.,SUSAN:Yeah,thats a good plan
22、.JOHN:Mmm,but Id also like to go to the Guggenheim.GAO YAN:Thats OK.We could do that on Saturday.We could have a quick look in the Whitney first and then go on to the Guggenheim.,Theyre quite close together.The Guggenheim stays open till late on Saturdays so wed have plenty of time.JOHN:Thats an excellent plan.SUSAN:Yeah,OK.I agree(said grudgingly).,
