SisterWendy'sAmericanCollection

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• 类型：历史 经典
• 主演：Wendy Beckett
• 年代：2001 / 美国 /
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• 国家/地区：美国
• 时长：120分钟
• 语言/字幕：国语对白 中文字幕
• 年代：2001
• 更新时间：2024-04-08 01:38:55
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• 详细介绍： WhenSisterWendyBeckettfirstsharedherloveofEuropean… WhenSisterWendyBeckettfirstsharedherloveofEuropeanpaintingswithpublictelevisionviewersin1997,theNewYorkTimesobservedthatthe67-year-oldnunfromaBritishmonasterywas"fastonherwaytobecomingthemostunlikelyandfamousartcriticinthehistoryoftelevision."NowSisterWendyiscrossingtheAtlantictoshareherartisticpassiononceagaininanewsix-partseriespremieringoverthreeconsecutiveWednesdays,September5,12,and19from8to10pmonPBS(checklocallistings). InSisterWendy'sAmericanCollection,theengagingartcriticmovesbeyondtheworldofdaVinciandMonettoexplorethewiderrichesofsixofAmerica'sgreatestmuseums:Boston'sMuseumofFineArts,ForthWorth'sKimbellArtMuseum,NewYork'sMetropolitanMuseumofArt,theLosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt,theArtInstituteofChicago,andtheClevelandMuseumofArt.Eachone-hourepisodefocusesononeofthefeaturedmuseums,showcasingitstreasuresfromaroundtheworld. "TheUnitedStates,thelandofthefree,isparticularlyrichinmuseums,"SisterWendysays."Thatisappropriate,becausemuseumsareameanstofreedom." Exudinghersignatureblendofintellect,reverence,andadmirationforgreatworksofart,SisterWendyglidesfromgallerytogallery,illuminatingtheculturalandcreativehistoryofadiverserangeofartisticworks.FromportraitsbyRembrandttoEgyptiansculptures,EarlyAmericanfurnituretoIslamiccalligraphy,SisterWendytakesviewersbeyondthehouseholdnamesoftheartworld,introducingthemtothegreatesttreasuresfromculturesbothfamousandobscure. "Oneofthewonderfulthingsaboutamuseumishowyou'rejoltedintoconfrontingartfromstrangeandwonderfulcivilizations,"SisterWendysays."Andyoulookandlearnandexpandyourhorizons." InSisterWendy'sAmericanCollection,eachworkofartisthelaunchingpointforabriefbutfascinatinghistorylesson:AgoldandturquoiseceremonialknifeintroducesviewerstoPeru'slostChimuEmpire;ancientEgyptianstatuessparkthetaleofHatshepsut,thequeenwhodefiedtraditionandhergendertobecomepharaoh. What'smore,eachworkofartisdescribedintypicalSisterWendystyle.Notingthatadelicateporcelainfigurineismakinganobscenehandgesture,thenunremarks,"Iwon'tsullyyourearsbytellingyouwhatitmeans,buttherearecontemporaryequivalents."AndwhileadmiringanIsseyMiyakedressfromthe1990s,sheconcedes,"Youwon'tbesurprisedtolearnthatIknowabsolutelynothingaboutfashion." Attimes,however,thecontemplativenun--wholeadsalifeofcompletesolitudewhennotsharingherartisticvocationwithtelevisionviewersandreadersofhermanybooks--surpriseswithhercommentaries.Describinga15th-centurypitcherthatdepictsthegreatAristotlebeingplayedforafoolbyayoungmaiden,SisterWendycomments,"IdefyanyfeministnottosmileatPhyllisthedominatrix,tuggingonAristotle'sbeardandpattinghimcondescendinglyontherump!" Evenwhenpresentingwell-knownartistictreasures,SisterWendymanagestoimpartsomenewandinterestingnuggetsofinformation.WhoknewthatEdwardHopperbeganpaintingNighthawksimmediatelyaftertheJapanesebombedPearlHarbor,channelingthenation'scollectiveanxietyintohisdesolatebarscene,orthatGrantWoodbasedhisAmericanGothicfarmcoupleonhissisterandhisdentist? SisterWendyisatreasuretroveofsuchintriguingtidbits,transferringtotheviewerbothhervastknowledgeofartandheraweatthecreativespiritthatinspiredit."Americansaresoluckytohavesomeofthegreatestmuseumsintheworld,"SisterWendysays."Iwouldliketosharewithpeoplemydelightinjustafewofthetreasurespeoplecanfindontheirowndoorsteps." 详情