Noriko Takida
October 9, 1998

"On Line Museum"

This article is written about arts that can be seen on line. This is a new way to enjoy arts. At the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, a lot of valuable arts are not being used in basement, because there is not enough room to show. They were listed when the arts were moved out because of museum's repair after the earthquake in 1989. Anybody can see them anywhere in the world since they were in the web site now, and it is easy. We do not need to know artists or titles. We just need the key words. The purpose of this system is that viewer can access to the arts that they want to see easily.

I chose this article because I like to go to museums. I was wondering what this title mean, and guessed that we can see arts on the computer. I was right. I thought that this article was very good because it had enough information that we need to know. However, personally, I do not want to use this system because I like to go and see directly. I agree with making inventory for emergency, but I disagree with using on line system to enjoy arts. I believe it might be useful for research or something because it is easy to find the information.

idle (adj.)-----not being used
idleness (n)
idler (n)
idly (adv.)
"Hundreds of millions more, about 90-percent of the museum's collections sit idle in basement storage."

fame (adj.)-----to be known by many people
fame (n)
famous (adj.)

grace (v)-----to make something look more beautiful
graceful (adj.)
gracefully (adv.)
gracious (adj.)
graciously (adv.)
graciousness (n)
"The address is named after famed Rodin statue that graces the museum's huge entrance hall, the Thinker."

enormous (adj.)-----huge
enormously (adv.)
enormousness (n)

relevant (adj.)-----directly relating to the subject
relevance (n)
relevancy (n)
relevantly (adv.)
" 'There's an enormous amount of material just as interesting,' he says, 'It's relevant, some cases more relevant than things on the walls. And you know now have access to that from your home, from the museum, from anywhere in the world.' "