盧浮宮藏品豐富,件件稱得上是藝術(shù)珍寶,為歷代帝王以及宮廷藝術(shù)家等所重視.這些藏品分門別類,由專門的部門管理.盧浮宮內(nèi)還有許多藏品目錄和小冊子,向游人作介紹.隨著藏品的增多,其“領(lǐng)地”也不斷擴張……
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：在這里是“掌管”、“料理”、“管理”的意思.
* curatorial：curatorial的原形是curator,意思是“博物館、展覽館的館主”.
* 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.
* impressionist：我們都知道impression有“印象”的意思,impressionnist由此引申而來,表示“印象派畫家或作家”.
The museum publishes catalogs and brochures.In addition,it publishes the Revue de Louvre,which contains articles on new acquisitions and provides information on museum projects and on other French museums.
* brochure：“小冊子”、“印成小冊子的論文”.盧浮宮本身是一個博物館,里面有藏品目錄以及介紹性的小冊子,包括新近藝術(shù)品簡介、museum projects（博物館建設(shè)計劃）和其它博物館的信息
In 1993 the Richelieu Wing was opened by President Mitterrand of France.The north wing of the Louvre Palace,formerly occupied by the Ministry of Finance,was vacated and transformed into exhibition areas.This ended the second phase of a project in progress since 1981 that included the addition of the glass pyramid entrance designed by American architect I.M.Pei,an auditorium,galleries for temporary exhibitions,displays on the history of the Louvre,moats of the medieval Louvre,restaurants,shops,and parking facilities.
* vacate：“空出”、“撤離”的意思.盧浮宮的北側(cè)翼原本是由財政部使用的,后來騰出來變成了展覽區(qū).
* phase：“階段”、“時期”的意思.