Museums, Детальна інформація

I. /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/.

4. /The Hermitage/ section/ of the very/ on the Continent/ contains/ for / pictures/ is/ which/ a special/ few/ English/ one/.

4. /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

1. The collection has no paintings __ William Hogarth, but some __ his prints selected ___ a large and representative collection possessed __ the Museum are usually ___ show.

2. The State Hermitage __ St Petersburg ranks among the world’s most outstanding art museums.

3. The Museum numbers among its treasures monuments __ ancient Greece and

Rome and those__ the Greek settlements __ the North coast __ the Black

Sea.

4. Most helpful __ the Museum’s research work is the Hermitage Library.

5. It is open to every student __ art.

6. A number __ 17th -18th century works are __ show too.

EXERCISES

Exercise I. Choose the correct sentence:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. a/Tretiakov spent his life collecting the works of Russian painters. b/Tretiakov spent 10 years collecting the works of Russiann painters.

Exercise II. Read the informatuion about the Tretiakov Gallery and answer the following questions:

I. Is the Tretiakov Gallery one of the best-known picture galleries of the world? Why?

2.What do you know about the history of the Tretiakov Gallery?

3.Who was it founded by?

4.When and how did Tretiakov begin his collection?

5.Did he collect antique icons?