1、单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail： THE BEST OF MANHATTANS ART GALLERIES 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, _(留给) his house, furniture and art collection to the American peop
2、le. At this gallery, you will not only see an _ _(极好的收藏品) of pre-twentieth century Western paintings but you will also be able to _(探索) Fricks beautiful house. The garden of this lovely mansion is also _ _(很值得)a visit. Guggenheim museum 5th Avenue and 88th street This museum _(拥有)5000 modern paintin
3、gs, _(雕刻品) and drawings. These art works are not all _(展览出来) at the same time. The _(展览会) is always changing. The largest park of the collection is the impressionist and post-impressionist section. The Guggenheim Museum building is world famous. When you walk into the gallery you _ _(感觉上像) you are i
4、nside a huge white sea shell. The best way to seethe paintings is to start from the top floor and walk down to the bottom. There are no stairs, just a _ _(循环的通道). The museum also has an excellent restaurant. Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue and 82nd street This museum has the greatest collectio
5、n of art in the United States. Its art collection _(包含) more than 5000 years of civilization from many parts of the world, including America, Europe, China, Egypt, Africa and South America. The museum displays _ _ _(不仅仅是) art. It introduces you to ancient ways of living. You can visit an Egyptian Te
6、mple, a Ming garden, a room in an 18th century French house and many other special exhibitions. Museum of Modern Art 53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) It is amazing that so many great works of art from the late 19th century to the 21st century could _ _(包含) in the same museum. The collection
7、 of Western art includes paintings 单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail： by such famous artists as Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse. A few words of warning : _ _(入场费) is not cheap and the museum is often very _(拥挤的). Whitney museum of American Art 945 Madison Avenue (near 75th St) The Whitney holds an excellent collection of _(同时代的 )American painting and sculpture. There are no _(永久的) displays in this museum and exhibitions change _(一直). 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.
