Chapter 41 Art Museums, People's Different Pursuits
"Han Chen, what is your ideal?" Zhang Shujun looked at Han Chen with a puzzled expression, and her eyes swept the surrounding scenery.
"Let's go, let's find the Museum of Fine Arts." Han Chen took Zhang Shujun's hand for the first time.
The soft touch of "......" made Zhang Shujun feel very warm all of a sudden, for the first time! This is the first time I have been touched by a girl.
In the past, she may have disdained or felt disgusting, but now, Han Chen held her hand, bringing her a kind of warmth.
"Han Chen." Zhang Shujun muttered, her eyebrows and eyes stretched.
"What's wrong?" Han Chen didn't notice Zhang Shujun's thoughts, and focused on the building of Princeton University.
"......" Zhang Shujun couldn't say the meaty words, so he didn't speak again.
Han Chen didn't hear an answer, and continued: "If you want a new life and do something truly happy, I am willing to accompany you. ”
Han Chen really feels that Zhang Shujun is her past self now, and she hopes that Zhang Shujun can become as strong as her.
It just so happens that Han Chen also lacks a capable partner.
Zhang Shujun had some doubts, "We are only 20 years old now, but I always feel that you are like an old man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, hahaha." ”
"Zhang Shujun, if you work hard now, you will thank you now in the future!" Han Chen stopped.
Art gallery?
Princeton University is one of the richest universities in the world, having received nearly $10 billion to date, a steady stream of donations from alumni associations and the efforts of some investment experts.
They spent a lot of money on buying works by Monet, Andy Warhol and other famous painters for the university's art museum.
The Princeton University Museum of Fine Arts was established to provide students with direct, intimate, and long-term exposure to world-class art works, and to complement the teaching and research of the university's art department. This has long been the primary function of the Museum of Fine Arts.
The Museum of Fine Arts has a collection of about 60,000 works of art ranging from ancient to modern times, with a focus on works from the Mediterranean, Western Europe, China, the United States, and Latin America.
The museum has a dedicated collection of ancient Greek and Roman cultural heritage, including pottery, marble, bronze, and Roman mosaics. The artifacts come from archaeological excavations at Princeton University in Antioch, the capital of ancient Syria and now a city in southern Turkey.
The museum also has a collection of sculptures, metalwork and stained glass from medieval Europe. The collection of paintings in Western Europe covers the early Renaissance to the 19th century, and the collection of 20th century and modern art is expanding.
Chinese art is one of the museum's important collections, including important bronzes, tomb statues, paintings, and calligraphy; The museum also has pre-Columbian art, including works from the Mayan civilization.
The Museum of Fine Arts has a large collection of master imprints and paintings, as well as an extensive collection of original photographs.
"Zhang Shujun, Princeton University's art gallery is really like a treasure!" When Han Chen saw the sign, he felt a little regretful and couldn't get in.
"You want to go in?" Zhang Shujun finally learned to carefully observe other people's expressions, and seeing Han Chen's lost eyes, she probably knew Han Chen's thoughts.
"Forget it, when we get into school, we'll be able to get in." Han Chen was ready to take Zhang Shujun away.
"Wait for me." Zhang Shujun didn't want his friend to be disappointed, so he immediately called his father's number.
Half an hour later, Han Chen saw a special administrator come to open the door, she was stunned!
"Let's go." Zhang Shujun proudly held Han Chen's hand and pulled her in.
Han Chen couldn't help but sigh that rights and status really can't be ignored.
The entire museum is divided into two floors. The treasures of antiquity are on the next floor. As soon as you enter, you feel like you're in your hometown: full of Chinese treasures, including fragments of artifacts from the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.
When the museum was founded, it aimed to achieve a dual goal of "exhibiting original works of art and teaching art history through an encyclopedic collection of world art".
Founded in 1882, it focuses on research and teaching, and displays the development and representative works of world art in a panoramic way. The Museum of Art is one of the oldest art collecting research institutions in the United States.
The academic atmosphere is strong and the law is rigorous, like a miniature version of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where Princeton alumni, art and archaeology scholars interact with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other well-known American art collections.
For example, the famous Professor Fang Wen studied and taught at Princeton for 50 years, and later became the director of the Asian Art Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, promoting the collection, research and exhibition of Asian art in the Met.
It also benefits from a long history and a strong Department of Art and Archaeology, with donations from alumni and society, first-class collections, high-level curatorial skills and rich educational resources.
"Zhang Shujun, look! Big baby! Han Chen excitedly introduced, "It's Wang Xizhi's "Xing Yi Post"! ”
The collection of Chinese law books is unique in Citigroup, and it is known as the first collection of law books in the United States is Wang Xizhi's "Xing Yi Ti".
"What is this?" Zhang Shujun doesn't know anything about these at all, isn't it just a piece of paper, what's so good-looking!
"You go back and find out." Han Chen didn't know how to explain it, she studied Chinese, and she was particularly curious about Chinese history and wanted to explore.
Princeton University is famous for its Chinese calligraphy, Harvard University has Dunhuang murals, and the University of Pennsylvania is the second of the Six Horses of Zhaoling, as well as a statue of an Arhat in Yi County of the Liao Dynasty from the same source as the Metropolis.
"Let's go to the library next, shall we?" Han Chen suggested.
"Don't do it." Zhang Shujun swallowed her saliva, these things really didn't attract her, so she might as well go and eat.
"I'd like to check it out." Han Chen said very seriously.
The Princeton University Library currently has a collection of 11 million books.
The main site, the Firestone Library, has a collection of more than 6 million volumes.
Outside of the Flint Library, many independent disciplines (including architecture, art history, East Asian studies, engineering, geology, international relations and public policy, and Near Eastern studies) have their own libraries.
Traditionally, each historical discipline has its own separate research room in the library, where students can refer to their own specialized books and research materials.
"Okay, I'll go with you?!" Zhang Shujun wanted to struggle in the end, but she didn't want to go.
"Of course you'll stay with me." Han Chen was a little disappointed, and always felt that Zhang Shujun and her were not all the way.