英语新闻视频：艺术大师丢勒展览开展

An exhibition of one of Germany's most famous artists, Albrecht Duerer, has opened in his hometown of Nuremberg. The collection focuses on the popular Renaissance¹ artist's early work, and brings together an unprecedented² number of his paintings.
      Albrecht Duerer was born in Nuremberg on May 21st, 1471 and passed away in his hometown on April 6th, 1528. He was one of the great artists of the Northern Renaissance.
     He is best known for his vast body of religious works, including altar pieces, copper³ engravings and woodcuts.
     A true Renaissance man, whatever Duerer turned his hand to, he enjoyed success - from his watercolor landscapes and theorist texts to printmaking and mathematics.
     Now - for the first time - a large exhibition in his hometown of Nuremberg is celebrating his early life and work up to the year 1505.
    Curator Daniel Hess explains why the years before 1505 are the most important ones in Duerer’s artistic⁴ life.
    Daniel Hess, curator, said, "It made a lot of sense for us to focus on Duerer’s development until the year 1505. During this period of time the important developments of his artistic work took place. At this time,      Duerer stopped painting self portraits and aquarelle. Already in the year 1500 Duerer had begun his theoretical work and wrote more than ten books about painting."
   The exhibition brings together over 200 masterpieces from some of the most important museums around the world - the Metropolitan⁵ Museum of Art in New York, the British Library in London and the Uffizi in       Florence are just three of the 51 lenders from 12 countries.
   Duerer’s artworks are virtuoso⁶ examples of narrative⁷ and dramatic staging and enjoy unprecedented popularity.

文化链接：阿尔布雷特·丢勒（Albrecht Dürer ，1471－1528）生于纽伦堡，德国画家、版画家及木版画设计家。丢勒的作品包括木刻版画及其他版画、油画、素描草图以及素描作品。他的作品中，以版画最具影响力。他是最出色的木刻版画和铜版画家之一。主要作品有《启示录》、《基督大难》、《小受难》、《男人浴室》、《海怪》、《浪荡子》、《伟大的命运》、《亚当与夏娃》、《骑士、死亡与恶魔》等。他的水彩风景画是他最伟大的成就之一，这些作品气氛和情感表现得极其生动。

 

1 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

3 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

4 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

5 metropolitan   

adj.大城市的，大都会的

参考例句：

• Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
• Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。

6 virtuoso   

n.精于某种艺术或乐器的专家，行家里手

参考例句：

• He was gaining a reputation as a remarkable virtuoso.作为一位技艺非凡的大师，他声誉日隆。
• His father was a virtuoso horn player who belonged to the court orchestra.他的父亲是宫廷乐队中一个技巧精湛的圆号演奏家。

7 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。