五月十三日
连日里烟雨蒙蒙。星期六,载着二老,驾着我们的丰田高地人沿94号公路行近芝加哥市,但见摩天广厦间云雾缭绕、蔚然蒸腾,恍若驶入海市蜃楼的幻境......
今天的计划是参观芝加哥艺术博物馆——珍藏有世界上最多印象派大师原作的地方:
先上一段芝城著名艺术博物馆各分馆馆藏的中英文简介:
The Art Institute of Chicago holds one of the world's great art collections. The following describes just a few of the wonderful exhibits: 芝加哥艺术博物馆是世界上最著名的收藏馆之一,以下仅就本馆部分美妙收藏品做个概述:
The African & Amerindian collection includes—— an African exhibit of wood sculpture, masks, ceramics, furniture, textiles, and beadwork from West, Central, and Southern Africa and an Amerindian collection of Mesoamerican and Andean ceramics, sculpture, textiles, and metalwork, as well as South American Indian ceramics and figurative art. 非洲和美国印第安人的收藏品包括了精美的木雕、面具、陶瓷、家具和纺织品。
The Ernest R. Graham Study Center for Architectural—— Drawings houses a distinguished collection of more than 130,000 architectural sketches and drawings. 格安姆建筑绘画室展示了近130,000幅风格各异的建筑设计素描和图绘。
The European Painting collection—— ranges from the Middle Ages to 1900 and numbers approximately 950 works. The greatest strength of the department is in French painting of the 19th century. 欧洲绘画馆珍藏了从中世纪至1900年共计950幅名画。汇集了众多曾惊世骇俗、为举世所瞩目的19世纪法国绘画精品原作。
The European Decorative Arts collection—— of 25,000 objects includes furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass, enamels, and ivory from 1100 to the present, and sculpture from the period to 1900. 欧洲美术装饰艺术馆藏有自1100年至当代的25,000件家具、瓷器和用金属玻璃象牙等材料制作的艺术品,以及从中世纪到1900年的古典雕塑作品。
Considered one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world, the collection of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art includes more than 1,500 paintings and sculptures representing every significant movement in Europe and America throughout the 20th century.
现当代艺术馆可谓拥有世界上最出色和优秀的馆藏,收集了超过1,500件绘画和雕塑,可以说囊括有贯穿20世纪从欧洲大陆到非洲大陆每一个艺术里程碑时刻的代表作品。

白鹤的父亲郑榕老俩口在芝加哥艺术馆门前留影(当天是阴天,所以照片比较暗、效果不太理想)

白鹤和双亲大人在馆内名画展品前

老俩口仔细观赏大师们的杰作

瞧瞧俺家二老多么神气!
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