【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 hanges so qui ckl y, the Im presi oni sts had to paint qui ckl y. Thei r pai nti ngs were not as detail ed as those of earli er painters. At fi rst, m any peopl e di sl i ked thi s styl e of pai nti ng and becam e very angry about i t. They sai d that the pai nters were carel es and thei r pai nti ngs were ridi cul ous. Modern Art (20th century to today) At the tim e they were created, the Im presi oni st pai nti ngs were controversial, but today they are accepted as the begi nni ng of what we cal “modern art”. Thi s i s because the Im presi oni sts encouraged arti sts to l ook at thei r environm ent i n new ways. There are scores of modern art styl es, but wi thout the Im pressi oni sts, many of these pai nti ng styl es mi ght not exi st. On the one hand, som e modern art i s abstract。 that i s, the pai nter does not attem pt to pai nt objects as we see them wi th our eyes, but i nstead concentrates on certain quali ties of the object, usi ng col or, l i ne and shape to represent them . O n the other hand, som e pai nti ngs of m odern art are so real isti c that they l ook li ke photographs. These styl es are so di fferent. Who can predi ct what pai nti ng styl es there wil l be i n the future? TH E BEST OF MANH ATTAN’S ART GALLERIES The Fri ck Col ecti on (5th Avenue and E. 70th Street) Many art l overs woul d rather vi si t thi s sm al art gal ery than any other i n N ew York. H enry Cl ay Fri ck, a ri ch N ew Yorker, di ed i n 1919, l eavi ng hi s house, furniture and art col ecti on to the Am eri can peopl e. Frick had a preference for pertwenti eth century Western pai nti ngs, and these are wel lrepresented i n thi s excel ent col l ecti on. You can al so explore Fri ck’s beauti ful hom e and garden whi ch are wel worth a vi sit. Guggenheim Museum (5th Avenue and 88th Street) Thi s museum owns 5, 000 superb m odern pai nti ngs, scul ptures and drawi ngs. These art works are not al di spl ayed at the same tim e. The exhi biti on i s al ways changi ng. It wil appeal to those who l ove Im pressi oni st and PostIm pressi onist pai nti ngs. The Guggenheim Museum buil ding i s al so worl dfam ous. When you wal k i nto the gal lery, you feel as i f you were i nsi de a fragi l e, whi te seashel . The best way to see the pai nti ngs i s to start from the top fl oor and wal k down to the bottom . There are no stai rs, just a ci rcul ar path. The museum al so has an excel ent restaurant. Metropoli tan Museum of Art (5th Avenue and 82nd Street) The reputati on of this m useum li es i n the vari ety of i ts art col ecti on. Thi s covers m ore than 5, 000 years of ci vil i zati on from m any parts of the worl d, i ncludi ng Am eri ca, Europe, Chi na, Egypt, other Afri can countri es and South Am eri ca. The museum di spl ays m ore than just the vi sual deli ghts of art. It i ntroduces you to ancient ways of l i vi ng. You can vi sit an Egypti an tem pl e, a fragrant Mi ng garden, a typi cal room i n an 18th century French house and m any other speci al exhi bi ti ons. Museum of Modern Art ( 53rd Street. Between 5th and 6th Avenues) It i s am azi ng that so m any great works of art from the l ate 19th century to the 21st century are housed in the sam e m useum. The col l ecti on of Western art i ncl udes pai nti ngs by such fam ous arti sts as Mo, Van Gogh, Pi casso and Matisse. A few words of warni ng: the admi ssi on pri ce i s not cheap and the m useum i s often very crowded. Whitney Museum of Am eri can Art (945 Madi son Avenue, near 75th Street) The Whi tney hol ds an excel ent col l ecti on of contem porary Am eri can pai nting and scul pture. There are no permanent di spl ays i n thi s m useum and exhi bi ti ons change al l the tim e. Every two years, the Whitney hol ds a speci al exhi bi ti on of new art by li ving arti sts. The m useum al so shows vi deos and film s by contemporary vi deo artists. Uni t 2 A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMS There are vari ous reasons why peopl e wri te poetry. Som e poem s tel l a story or descri be somethi ng i n a way that wil l gi ve the reader a strong im pressi on. O thers try to convey certai n em oti ons. Poets use m any di fferent form s of poetry to express them sel ves. In thi s text, however, we wi l l ook at a few of the sim pler forms. Som e of the fi rst poetry a young chil d l earns i n Engli sh i s nursery rhym es. These rhym es l i ke the one on the ri ght (A) are sti l a m on type of chi l dren’s poetry. The l anguage i s concrete but im aginative, and they deli ght smal chi l dren because they rhym e, have strong rhythm and a l ot of repeti ti on. The poem s m ay not m ake sense and even seem contradictory, but they are easy to learn and recite. By pl aying wi th the words i n nursery rhym es, chi ldren l earn about l anguage. Hush, 上海市松江區(qū)新理想花園項(xiàng)目市調(diào)報(bào)告 大賣場商圈調(diào)查報(bào)告 （上海 松江 區(qū) 新理想花園 項(xiàng)目） 編制單位： 佳購全 商業(yè) 集團(tuán) — 戰(zhàn)略 發(fā)展部 編制日期： 2020年 2月 6日 Young Li fesaver Schem e at hi s hi gh school. When congratul ati ng John, Mr Al an Southerton, Di rector of the Young Li fesaver Schem e sai d, “There i s no doubt that John’s qui ck thi nki ng and the fi rst ai d skil ls he l earned at school saved Ms Sl ade’s l ife. It shows that a knowl edge of fi rst ai d can m ake a real di fference.” Before recei vi ng thei r awards l ast ni ght, John and the ni ne other Li fe Savers attended a speci al recepti on yesterday hosted by the Prim e Mini ster. 選修 六 Unit 1 A SHO RT H ISTO RY O F WESTERN PAIN TIN G Art i s i nfl uenced by the custom s and faith of a peopl e. Styles i n Western art have changed m any ti m es. As there are so m any di ferent styl es of Western art, i t woul d be im posi bl e to descri be al l of them in such a short text. Consequently, this text wil descri be onl y the m ost im portant ones, starti ng from the si xth century AD. The Mi ddl e Ages (5th to the 15th century AD) Duri ng the Mi dl e