ReadingTheBestOfManhattan’sArtGalleriesTheFrickCollection弗里克收藏館HenryClayFrickHomeofFrick5thandMadisonAvenuesManyartloversconsiderthistobethebestsmallartgalleryinNewYork.HenryClayFrick,arichNewYorker,diedin1919,leavinghishouse,furniture,andartcollectiontotheTheFrickCollectionAvenuen.大街:ahotelonFifthAvenue第五大街上的旅館Americanpeople.AtthisGallery,youwillnotonlyseeanexcellentcollectionofpre-twentiethcenturyWesternpaintingsbutyouwillalsobeabletoexploreFrick’sbeautifulhouse.Thegardenofthislovelymansionisalsowellworthavisit.GuggenheimMuseum古根海姆博物館5thAvenueand88thStreetThismuseumowns5,000modernpaintings,sculpturesanddrawings.Theseartworksarenotalldisplayedatthesametime.Theexhibitionisalwayschanging.GuggenheimMuseumexhibitionn.展覽,展出;展覽品Thelargestpartofthecollectionistheimpressionistandpost-impressionistsection.TheGuggenheimMuseumbuildingisworldfamous.Whenyouwalkintothegalleryyoufeellikeyouareinsideahugewhiteseashell.Thebestwaytoseethepaintingsistostartfromthetopfloorandwalkdowntothebottom.Therearenostairs,justacircularpath.Themuseumalsohasexcellentrestaurant.MetropolitanMuseumOfArt大都會博物館MetropolitanMuseumofArt5thAvenueand82ndStreetThismuseumhasthegreatestcollectionofartintheUnitedStates.Itsartcollectioncoversmorethan5,000yearsofcivilizationfrommanypartsoftheworld,includingAmerica,Europe,China,Egypt,AfricaandSouthAmerica.Themuseumdisplaysmorethanjustart.Itintroducesyoutoancientwaysofliving.YoucanvisitanEgyptianTemple,aMinggarden,aroominan18thcenturyFrenchhouseandmanyotherspecialexhibitions.civilizationn.文明MuseumofModernArt現代藝術博物館MuseumofModernArt53rdStreet(between5thand6thAvenue)Itisamazingthatsomanygreatworksofartfromthelate19thcenturytothe21stcenturycouldbecontainedinthesamemuseum.ThecollectionofWesternartincludespaintingsbysuchfamousartistsasMonet,VanGogh,Picasso,andMatisse.Afewwordsofwarning:admissionpriceisnotcheapandthemuseumisoftenverycrowded.MonetMatisseFrenchpainterWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt惠特尼美國藝術博物館WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt945MadisonAvenue(near75thSt.)TheWhitneyholdsanexcellentcollectionofcontemporaryAmericanpaintingandsculpture.Therearenopermanentdisplaysinthismuseumandexhibitionschangeallthetime.contemporaryadj.當時的,同時代的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(from