Aug 17 2008
Manhattan
Manhattan is one of the beautiful neighbourhoods from New York the biggest city in the U.S.A. In this borough of contrasts, everything is possible. If you want to have a good time,you can go out and feed your curiosity, meeting new people and learning more about the culture and habits of the Manhattan people.
If you just want to relax and read a book,you can go and get lost in the beauty and in the silence of a park, like Teardrop park.
Teardrop Park is a public park in downtown Manhattan, in Battery Park City near to the site of the World Trade Center. The park design includes artworks specifically designed for the park location by Ann Hamilton. The park was designed in anticipation of four high residential towers that would define its eastern and western edges. At Teardrop, play elements are integrated into the landscape with the intention of providing city children with play experiences that encourage imagination through interaction with natural materials including water, plants, rock, and sand.
Many tourists all over the world come in Manhattan to visit the collections full of history sheltered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Represented in the permanent collection are works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. This amazing museum owns one of the world`s largest art galleries. You can also find collections of musical instruments,antique weapons and other things that reminds us the beauty and the mystery of the past .
If you love modern art, your eyes are spelled by the abstract and high tech works of art, the Modern Art Museum is the right place to go.
Considered by many to have the best collection of modern Western masterpieces in the world, this museums`s holdings include more than 150,000 individual pieces in addition to approximately 22,000 films and 4 million film stills. The collection houses such important and familiar works as the following: “The Sleeping Gypsy” by Henry Rousseau, “The starry Night” by Van Gogh, and other works of art that worth seeing them. An art photography collection its exposed at this museum and also a film collection, so there are great things to see at the Modern Art Museum.
Another amazing museum you can visit in Manhattan is Whitney Museum of American Art.
This museum was named after the founder of it, a great woman involve with art.She founded her own museum because her art collection was turned off by the Metropolitan Museum.The museum displays paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, installations, video, and photography. Every two years, the museum hosts the Whitney Biennial, an international art show which displays many lesser-known artists new to the American art scene.
Manhattan its an amazing place,and attracts tourists because everything is possible in here. From huge party’s to relaxing spots for your children and you, and even a centre of culture owning important museums full of culture and knowledge. Manhattan is the place were great and big buildings tickle the clouds and the blue sky.