想去看看大都会艺术博物馆,期望已久,把它安排在文化之旅的后半程虽非本意,却得渐近高峰之势而无悔。这个世界上最重要的博物馆之一,藏品多达两百万件,自史前时期至当代,一个涵盖五千年文明历史的艺术世界。19世纪70年代,由一群社会名流和艺术家等始建,1880年迁至中央公园中的现址。这座欧式建筑物的外观与大厅,由建筑师李察·莫利斯·亨特于本世纪初设计建成。笔者搜集到一帧摄于1912年的外景照片,可见当初规模之宏伟,它就是20世纪初美国艺术品收藏于东岸崛起的形象。纽约大都会艺术博物馆,横跨著名第5大道的80至84街,艺术品陈列于两层主要楼面,以及增设的画廊区,日常展出品即有数万之多,因此笔者在有限的时间内一改循序欣赏的习惯,只能摘其重点观之。美国艺术,古代近东艺术,武器与盔甲,亚洲艺术,服装馆,素描、版画之照片,埃及艺术,欧洲绘画,欧洲艺术与装饰艺术,希腊与罗马艺 Want to see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the long-expected, put it in the second half of the cultural journey though not intended, but asymptotic peak trend without regret. One of the most important museums in the world, with a collection of up to two million pieces, from prehistoric times to contemporary times, a world of art covering the history of 5,000 years of civilization. Founded in the 1870s by a group of celebrities and artists, it was moved to the site of Central Park in 1880. The façade and lobby of this European-style building was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunter at the beginning of this century. The author collected a photo taken in 1912 location photos, we can see the magnificent size, it is the beginning of the 20th century American art collection in the image of the rise of the East Coast. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, across 80th to 84th Streets of the famous 5th Avenue, displays works of art on two main floors, as well as an additional galleries area with tens of thousands of daily exhibits, A change in the habit of appreciation, can only pick its focus on view. American Art, Ancient Near East Art, Armor and Armor, Asian Art, Costume Pavilion, Sketch, Printmaking Art, Egyptian Art, European Painting, European Art and Decorative Arts, Greek and Roman Art