出国旅游英语口语卢浮宫.docx

出国旅游英语口语：卢浮宫
Louvre The collections of the museum are administered by seven curatorial departments. The Department of E

出国旅游英语口语：卢浮宫
Louvre The collections of the museum are administered by seven curatorial departments. The Department of Egyptian Antiquities was formed in 1826 to study and display the objects brought back to France during Napoleon”s campaign in Egypt. The Department of Oriental Antiquities is famed for its collections of Mesopotamian and Islamic art. Other departments include Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities; Objets d”art (including the crown jewels of France); and Drawings and Prints.
* administer：在这里是“掌管”、“料理”、“治理”的意思。
* curatorial：curatorial的原形是curator，意思是“博物馆、展览馆的馆主”。
* antiquity：“古人”、“古物”的意思。
The Department of Paintings, considered by many scholars the most important in the world, includes several thousand works of the various European schools. Its enormous collection of French paintings ranges from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century. Since 1986, however, works of the French impressionists and postimpressionists, many dating from 1848 to 1914 and formerly housed in the Music du Jeu Paume (Tennis Court Museum) adjacent to the Louvre, have been included in the collection of the Music d”Orsay on the left bank of the Seine River.