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TheImpressionistswerethefirstpainterstoworkoutdoors.Theywereeagertoshowhowlightandshadowfellonobjectsatdifferenttimesofday.However,becausenaturallightchangessoquickly,theImpressionistshadtopaintquickly.Theirpaintingswerenotasdetailedasthoseofearlierpainters.Atfirst,manypeopledislikedthisstyleofpaintingandbecameveryangryaboutit.Theysaidthatthepainterswerecarelessandtheirpaintingswereridiculous.

ModernArt（29thcenturytotoday）

Atthetimetheywerecreated,theImpressionistpaintingswerecontroversial,buttodaytheyareaccepetedasthebeginningofwhatwecall"

modernart"

.ThisisbecausetheImpressionistsencouragedartiststolookattheirenvironmentinnewways.Therearescoresofmodernartstyles,butwithouttheImpressionists,manyofthesepaintingstylesmightnotexsist.Ontheonehand,somemodernartisabstract;

thatis,thepainterdoesnotattempttopaintobjectsasweseethemwithoureyes,butinsteadconcentratesncertainqualitiesoftheobject,usingcolour,lineandshapetorepresentthem.Ontheotherhand,somepaintingsofmodernartaresorealisticthattheylooklikephotographs.Thesestylesaresodifferent.Whocanpredictwhatpaintingstylestherewillbeinthefuture

TheBestofManhattan’sGalleries

TheFrickCollection（5thAvenueandStreet）

ManyartloverswouldrathervisitthissmallartgallerythananyotherinNewYork.HenryClayFrick,arichNewYorker,diedin1919,leavinghishouse,furnitureandartcollectiontotheAmericanpeople.Frickhadapreferenceforpre-twentiethcenturyWesternpaintings,andthesearewell-representedinthisexcellentcollection.YoucanalsoexploreFrick’sbeautifulhomeandgardenwhicharewellworthavisit.

GuggenheimMuseum（5thAvenueand88thStreet）

Thismuseumowns5,000modernpaintings,sculpturesanddrawings.Theseartworksarenotalldisplayedatthesameexhibitionisalwayschanging.ItwillapealtothosewholoveImpressionistandPost-ImpressionistGuggenheimMuseumbuildingisalsoworld-famous.Whenyouwalkintothegallery,youfellasifyouwereinsideafragile,whiteseashell.Thebestwaytoseethepaintingsistostartfromthetopfloorandwalkdowntothebottom.Therearenostairs,justacircularpath.Themuseumalsohasanexcellentreaturant.

MetropolitanMuseumofArt（5thAvenueand82ndStreet）

Thereputationofthismuseumliesinthevarietyifitsartcollection.Thiscoversmorethan5,000yearsofcivilizationfrommanypartsiftheworld,includingAmerica,Europe,China,Egypt,otherAfricancountriesandSouthmuseundiaplaysmorethanjustthevisualdelightsofintroducesyoutoancientwaysofliving.YoucanvisitanEgyptiantemple,afragrantMinggarden,atypicalroominan18thcenturyFrenchhouseandotherspecialexhibitions.

MuseumofModernArt（53rdStreet,btween5thand6thAvenues）

Itisamazingthatsomanygreatworksoffromthelate19thcenturytothe21stcenturyarehousedinthesamemuseum.ThecollectionofWesternartincludespaintingsbysuchfamousartistsasMonet,VanGogh,PicassoandMatisse.Afewwordsofwarning:

theadmissionpriceisnotcheapanthemeseumisoftenverycrowded.

WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt（945MadisonAvenue,near75thStreet）

TheWhitneyholdsanexcellentcolectionofcomtemporarypaintingandsclpture.Therearenopermanentdisplaysinthismuseumandexhibitionschangeallthetime.Everytwoyears,theWhitneyholdsaspecialexhibitionofnewartbylivingartists.Themuseumalsoshowsvideosandfilmsbycomtemporaryvideoartists.

Unit2AFEWSIMPLEFORMSOFENGLISHPOEMS

Therearevariousreasonswhypeoplewritepoetry.Somepoemstellastoryordescribesomethinginawaythatwillgivethereaderastrongimpression.Otherstrytoconveycertainemotions.Poetsusemanydifferentformsofpoetrytoexpressthemselves.Inthistext,however,wewilllookatafewofthesimplerforms.

SomeofthefirstpoetryayoungchildlearnsinEnglishisnurseryrhymes.Theserhymesliketheoneontheright（A）arestillacommontypeofchildren'

spoetry.Thelanguageisconcretebutimaginative,andtheydelightsmallchildrenbecausetheyrhyme,havestrongrhythmandalotofrepetition.Thepoemsmaynotmakesenseandevenseemcontradictory,buttheyareeasytolearnandrecite.Byplayingwiththewordsinnurseryrhymes,childrenlearnaboutlanguage.

AHush,littlebaby,don'

tsayaword,

Papa'

sgoingtobuyyouamockingbird.

Ifthatmockingbirdwon'

tsing,

sgoingtobuyyouadiamondring.

Ifthatdiamondringturnstobrass,

sgoingtobuyyoualooking-glass.

Ifthatlooking-glassgetsbroke,

sgoingtobuyyouabilly-goat.

Ifthatbilly-goatrunsaway,

sgoingtobuyyouanothertoday.

OneofthesimplestkindsofpoemsarethoselikeBandCthatlistthings.Listpoemshaveaflexiblelinelengthandrepeatedphraseswhichgivebothapatternandarhythmtothepoem.Somerhyme（likeB）whileothersdonot（likeC）.

Isawafish-portalallonfire

Isawafish-pondallonfire,

Isawahousebowtoasquire,

Isawapersontwelve-feethigh,

Isawacottageinthesky,

Isawaballoonmadeoflead,

Isawacoffindropdowndead,

Isawtwosparrowsrunarace,

Isawtwohorsesmakinglace,

Isawggirljustlikeacat,

Isawakittenwearahat,

Isawamanwhosawthesetoo,

Andsaidthoughstrangetheyallweretrue.

Ourfirstfootballmatch

Wewouldhavewon...

ifJackhadscoredthatgoal,

ifwe'

dhadjustafewmoreminutes,

ifwehadtrainedharder,

ifBenhadpassedtheballtoJoe,

dhadthousandsoffansscreaming,

ifIhadn'

ttakenmyeyeofftheball,

ifwehadn'

tstayedupsolatethenightbefore,

ttakeniteasy,

trunoutofenergy.

dbeenbetter!

Anothersimpleformofpoemthatstudentscaneasilywriteisthecinquain,apoemmadeupoffivelines.Withthese,studentscanconveyastrongpictureinjustafewwords.Lookattheexamples（DandE）onthetopofthenextpage.

Brother

Beautiful,athletic

Teasing,shouting,laughing

Friendandenemytoo

Mine

Summer

Sleepy,salty

Drying,drooping,dreading

Weekin,weekout

Endless

Afallenblossom

Iscomingbacktothebranch.

Look,abutterfly!

（byMoritake）

Snowhavingmelted,

Thewholevillageisbrimful

Ofhappychildren.

（byIssa）

HaikuisaJapaneseformofpoetrythatismadeupof17syllables.ItisnotatraditionalformofEnglishpoetry,butisverypopularwithEnglishwriters.Itiseasytowriteand,likethecinquain,cangiveaclearpictureandcreateaspecialfeelingusingtheminimumofwords.Thetwohaikupoems（FandG）abovearetranslationsfromtheJapanese.

Wheresheawaitsherhusband

Onandontheriverflows.

Neverlookingback,

Transformedintostone.

Daybydayuponthemountaintop,

windandrainrevolve.

Shouldthetravellerreturn,

thisstonewouldutterspeech.,

（byWangJian）

DidyouknowthatEnglishspeakersalsoenjoyotherformsofAsianpoetry-TangpoemsfromChinainparticularAlotofTangpoetryhasbeentranslatedintoEnglish.ThisTangpoem（H）isatranslationfromtheChine