For the remembrance of forgetting

 　　The Queen's Love Memory - Victoria and Albert

　　Museum The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, located near the famous Bigart Circus in central London, is the earliest and largest decorative arts museum in the world. Known as "the best museum in Europe", it has a history of 160 years. This is a museum with arts and crafts as its main feature, showing a modern quality and taste brought by industrial civilization to life.

　　Its origin is to commemorate an unforgettable love, which can be traced back to Queen Victoria who founded the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets". The legendary queen is remembered not only for her outstanding political achievements, but also for her great and touching love story. Her husband, Prince Albert, is widely regarded as the "walking encyclopedia" and has had a historic impact on the Queen and the UK as a whole. During the period when he shared the state affairs for the Queen, Britain's foreign affairs, internal affairs, science, art and industry were reformed, establishing a new image of the royal family and the people, and establishing the strongest and most solid monarchy in Europe. image of the empire. For everything he did, he won the Queen's heartfelt gratitude, love and even admiration. Therefore, when he died from overwork and left before her in 1861, the grief-stricken Queen spent the rest of his life deeply in love with him for 40 years. In remembrance and memory.

　　In order to always remember the lover who once appeared in her life, the Queen named many things after Prince Albert, such as Lake Albert in Africa, Prince Albert in Saskatchewan, The Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts and 4 British troops, etc. And the museum we are talking about today also originates from this.

　　As early as May to October 1851, Prince Albert planned and held the first World Expo in human history, the Universal Industrial Exposition, which attracted about 6.3 million visitors and earned more than 180,000 pounds. Albert decided to use the profits of the fair to develop cultural undertakings. In 1852, he and Sir Cole established the National Department of Applied Fine Arts. Three years later, a formal museum was built on this basis and moved to the south of Hyde Park in 1857. , renamed the South Kensington Museum. One day in 1899, Queen Victoria came here to lay the foundation stone for the wing of the museum, and revisited the old place. She recalled the opening ceremony of the World Expo in that year. In the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, the sunlight passed through the glass on all sides and shone on the 600 choir members, overlapping with the beautiful singing, and she was graceful and graceful. Zheng Mao's husband was by her side. It was the happiest and proudest moment in her life... More than 40 years later, the emotional queen officially renamed this place, which bears the memories of her and her beloved husband, "Victoria and Al Burt Museum” to commemorate the beautiful May scenery of that year.

　　In today's V&A Museum, the stone-carved arched door is antique, with a row of lifelike classical figures carved on it; entering the hall, there is a long string of blue and yellow glass bouquet-shaped exquisite artworks hanging above, surrounded by hollow relief decorations , the characteristics of the museum are clear at a glance. It has a total of 145 exhibition halls, also attached to the National Art Library, souvenir shops, 3 restaurants and lecture halls.

　　The collection of the V&A Museum is the largest in the world - more than 4.6 million pieces, the content is closely related to people's daily life, including textiles, pottery, glass products, metal products, furniture, sculpture and clothing, etc., all of which are fine works of decorative art , showing the dream of human beings to beautify and poeticize their daily life. Therefore, here, you can enjoy the frescoes of Raphael's Sistine Chapel, one of the three masterpieces of the Renaissance painting circle, the Italian Medici porcelain vase representing the prototype of the European porcelain firing technique, and the beautiful Taj Mahal built. Shah Jahan's white jade wine glass, you can also find Will's bed that appeared in Shakespeare's comedy "Twelfth Night" premiered in 1601, the "Elvis suit" worn by Princess Diana, and the popular The guitar used by rocker Pete Townsend.

　　This is a palace of design and decorative arts with a strong human touch, and it is closely connected with the times. It can rely on a keen and accurate market sense to find the most popular themes for planning, which not only firmly attracts the audience, but also maintains a high-level brand image. . For example, when Beckham's wearing a skirt became a hot news, it launched a special exhibition "Men and Skirts"; when the "Hayin" trend caused by "Mumbai Dream" prevailed in London, the "Indian Film" special exhibition was soon unveiled at Therefore, during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it held the "Centennial Olympic Poster Exhibition" in time at the Liaoning Museum, attracting as many as 140,000 spectators.

　　The V&A Museum has lived up to its mission and carried forward the original intention of Prince Albert when it was founded, and has also become an eternal commemoration of the love between the Queen and the Prince. In the future, it will continue to lead the trend of human decorative arts.

　　The memory of pure art - Musée d'

　　Orsay Unlike the V&A Museum, the key word of this museum's memory is "art first". It may have little to do with secular life, but it retains the pure and aesthetic spirit of art - this is the Musée d'Orsay, France, known as "the most beautiful museum in Europe", which brings together the best of modern, especially 19th-century art. It is located on the left bank of the famous Seine River. Although it was only completed in 1986, it is already on par with the Louvre Museum and the Centre Pompidou, symbolizing the cultural peak of modern Paris.

　　Entering the gate of the Musée d'Orsay, you can see a huge and classical prototype of the railway station. In the "tick" sound of the 19th century clock hanging on the wall, people seem to be back to the nostalgic time more than a hundred years ago. This train station is the predecessor of the Musée d'Orsay. From the end of the 19th century to the 1940s, it was the most glorious era of the railway station. At that time, it was responsible for sending 200 trains from Paris to the southwestern suburbs every day. ". However, with the advancement of science and technology, the railway station has gradually been eliminated by the times and has become an idle place in the urban area. However, its sophisticated design and former splendor have always been an unforgettable complex in the hearts of French people. Finally, in 1972, someone proposed to transform it into a museum. This proposal has been echoed and won the support of successive governments and people. It was finally designed by Italian female designer Auranti, and it took nearly 8 years to build the brand-new Musée d'Orsay.

　　The Orsay Museum has a usable area of ​​more than 57,000 square meters, a total of 80 exhibition halls, and a collection of more than 4,700 pieces of modern art. It is ingeniously designed: the main hall is covered by a huge dome-shaped semi-dome, and the sun shines right through the glass dome, so that the audience can enjoy the most natural works of art in natural light: the exhibition hall is divided into three floors, the ground floor exhibits 1850 -Paintings, sculptures and decorations from 1870, the middle floor is art from 1870-1914, and the top floor is the highlight of the whole museum - 19th and 20th century Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. If the Musée d'Orsay was originally established to retain the train station complex in the hearts of Parisians, then it has developed so far and has made great contributions to the preservation of the common cultural wealth of mankind. In particular, Impressionist art has received considerable attention here. carry forward.

　　The Musée d'Orsay has the largest collection of Impressionist works in the world. Rodin's "The Gates of Hell", Degas's "Ballet Rehearsal", Manet's "Lora de Vannes", Monet's "Blue Water Lilies", Renoir's "Garette Mill Ball", Gauguin's "Self-Portrait", Van Gogh's "Ahr's Church"... No matter which one is a classic of Impressionism, it is also a well-deserved treasure of the town hall.

　　Many talented artists are not allowed to live in the world, just like Van Gogh. The famous painting "Al's Church" created in his later years, the paint is thick and the lines are distorted. Whether it is the sky, trees or churches, all are deformed, as if under extreme pressure and agitated and sharp, silently shouting to the world. Violence and despair - this is the true portrayal of Van Gogh's heart. He was underappreciated and spent his whole life, and it was not until his death that his amazing talent was discovered. When we stand in the Musée d'Orsay today to appreciate this masterpiece, we can not only interpret Van Gogh's struggles and pains, but also feel a little relieved to a certain extent because the Musée d'Orsay cherishes everything about him so much , gave him endless glory. How many artists, like Van Gogh, had all the injustices and misfortunes they suffered during his lifetime, comforted in this lucid state where art is supreme and the hustle and bustle of the world has faded away?

　　Whether it is the previously neglected train station, or the artists who are unique and unknown to the world, they have found their place in the Musée d'Orsay. It is a haven for artists, in its safe embrace, where they can artistically resist the ruthlessness of the world; and the museum shines brightly by remembering their extraordinary artistic achievements.

　　The memory of agricultural civilization - Skansen Open Air Museum

　　Carrying memory can not only be still life, but also can tell the passing time through moving things - the world's first open air museum, Sweden's Skansen Open Air Museum, broke through The static normality of the museum is replaced by a "dynamic" display method.

　　The Skansen Open Air Museum has a history of more than 120 years, and has expanded from a few acres to more than 30 hectares today. Its founder was Hezelius, a doctoral student at Uppsala University at the time. Sweden after the mid-19th century was affected by the Industrial Revolution, and the traditional agricultural society was forced to industrialize. During the period of social transformation, the ancient and time-honored agricultural civilization has been eroded by modern civilization. The crisis of extinction of traditional craftsmanship, the ruin of idyllic scenery, and the displacement of the people of Lebanon have all contributed to the long-distance walking tour of Hezeriou in the countryside. It brought profound excitement to him, he realized the losses caused by this upheaval, and he missed those long-lost humanistic values. To this end, he embarked on his own long and difficult journey of collecting to preserve as much of the folklore as possible. By 1880, Hezelius had begun the preparations for an "open-air museum" - the so-called open-air museum, in his own words, "a museum completely different from any existing form", that is, through the use of ancient buildings, traditional furniture , live poultry and even a natural scenic spot of people working in traditional costumes to restore the life scenes at that time to convey a real sense of history. After years of unremitting efforts, on October 11, 1891, the Skansen Open-Air Museum founded by Hezelius finally opened to the public.

　　As soon as you enter the gate, you feel very different from any other museum where time is frozen, because everything here is so full of business. The whole museum is divided into four areas: east, south, north and middle, each of which displays about 160 old farm buildings moved from Sweden's Värmland and Westmanland, the southern area, the northern mountainous area and the West Götland area. , such as grass-roofed wooden houses, brick houses, conical wooden houses, church spires and bell towers, etc. The buildings are filled with traditional rural furniture, tools, daily necessities, and handicrafts. Farmers in traditional costumes are performing beekeeping, making butter or industrial products, and even keeping live livestock in captivity. In addition, the museum also has demolished buildings moved from Stockholm to form a well-equipped neighborhood; there is also a zoo with animals such as reindeer, wolves, lynx and brown bears.

　　Such a unique museum cleverly preserves abandoned and extinct antiquities in a vibrant way, vividly showing the peaceful and meaningful life of Swedish farmers in the 19th century, and the values ​​of truth, goodness and beauty in agricultural culture can be demonstrated and spread.