Museums
scheme схема
throng трон
lavish щедрый
wing крыло
lay out располагать
ill-fated несчастливый
attempt попытка
mulberry tree шелковица
dignity достоинство
suitor поклонник
eccentrisity эксцентричность
remedy лекарство
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chain of fortification цепь укреплений
access доступ
proximity близость
timber строевой лес
alteration перемена, изменение
improvement улучшение
reddent of chivalry носитель рыцарства
non-metropolitan нестоличный
austerity строгость
sequence последовательность
wainscot обшивка
inspiration вдохновение
marble мрамор
association ассоциация
inherit наследовать
apogee апогей
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reorient переориентировать
legitimate законный
descendant потомок
spiritual духовный
inlaid инкрустированный
depict описывать, отражать
disuse неупотребление subsequent последовательный
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monk монах
consecration посвящение
burial погребение
demolish разрушать
shrine храм
reerect перестроить
clumsy неуклюжий
fan-vaulting веерный свод
predecessor предшественник
buttress опора
underneath под
grave могила
chaplain капеллан
confer присуждать
bequeath завещать
intricate сложный
embelish украшать
effigy портрет
regalia регалия
depict отражать
dormitory спальня
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commemoration память
occur at иметь место в
vanished исчезнувший
obsqurity препятствие
deprive лишать
abolition уничтожение
reinforce укреплять
conquest завоевание
sovereignty монархия
accordance соответствие
insignia знаки различия
congregation община
realm власть
EXERCISES
I. Choose the correct definition to the following:
1. take up a) careful study or investigation, esp.in order to
discover nnew facts or information
due to sth or sb b)to become or make sth completely full
fill up c)to fill or occupy an amount of space or time
research on d)caused by sth,sb; because of sth,sb.
carry out e)to do sth,as required or specified; to fulfil sth.
Exercise II. Make all the changes necessary to produce five sentences:
/The collections/ are distributed/ and/ possessed/ by/ among/ departments/ over forty/ exhibition/ the museum/ its/ permanent/ seven/.
2. /An important/ the museum/ part/ is taken by/ collection/ among/ the numismatic/ possessions/.
3./The aquisitionn of complete/of individual works/ in the 19th/ the previous/ century/ period/ was continued/ but/ collections/ of art/ and/ on a more modest scale/ during/ than/.
/The Hermitage/ section/ of the very/ on the Continent/ contains/ for / pictures/ is/ which/ a special/ few/ English/ one/.
/Joshua Reynolds/ all/ in/ by/ is/ 1780s/ represented/ the/ canvases/ painted/ four/.
Exercise III.Fill in the blanks with the following pronouns:
in of from on by
The collection has no paintings __ William Hogarth, but some __ his prints selected ___ a large and representative collection possessed __ the Museum are usually ___ show.
The State Hermitage __ St Petersburg ranks among the world’s most outstanding art museums.
The Museum numbers among its treasures monuments __ ancient Greece and Rome and those__ the Greek settlements __ the North coast __ the Black Sea.
Most helpful __ the Museum’s research work is the Hermitage Library.
It is open to every student __ art.
A number __ 17th -18th century works are __ show too.
EXERCISES
Exercise I. Choose the correct sentence:
a/ The Tretiakov Gallery was founded by a Russian painter - Tretiakov.
b/The Tretiakov Gallery was founded by a Moscow merchant and art patron - Tretiakov.
a/The Gallery’s centenary was widely celebrated throughout Russia in June 1956.
b/The Gallery’s centenary was widely celebrated throughout Russia in May 1856.
a/The Gallery’s collection has grown considerably in the years since the Revolution.
b/The Gallery’s collection has not grown since the Revolution.
a/The early Russian Art department and the collections of sculpture and drawings were constant.
b/The early Rassian Art department and the collections of scylpture and drawings were enlarged.
a/Tretiakov spent his life collecting the works of Russian painters.
b/Tretiakov spent 10 years collecting the works of