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1. Thomas GainsboroughThomas Gainsborough was a master of English school of painting. He was a portraitist and a landscape painter. He was born in Sudbury in 1727 and was the son of a merchant. His father sent him to London to study arts. He spent 8 years working and studying in London. There he got acquainted with ... Читать далее...
2. John ConstableJohn Constable, one of the greatest landscape painters, was born in Sufford, on June 11, 1776. He was the son of a wealthy miller. He began to take interest in landscape painting while he was at grammar school. His father did not favour art as a profession. As a boy Constable worked almost secretly, painting ... Читать далее...
3. British Painters — Британские художникиJoseph Turner Joseph Turner, the greatest English romantic landscape painter, was born in Covent Garden, London, on the 23rd of April in 1775. He was the son of a fashionable barber. He started drawing and painting as a small boy. His father used to sell the boy’s drawings to his customers. In such a way ... Читать далее...
4. Перевод слова painterPainter — художник, маляр Перевод слова A portrait painter — портретист landscape painter — пейзажист an unskilful painter — плохой живописец Here are two exemplary drawings of this Painter. Вот два типичных рисунка этого художника The apartment’s previous occupant was a Painter. Предыдущий квартиросъемщик был художником. He was a journeyman Painter, not one of the ... Читать далее...
5. Ilia RepinIlia Repin was born on the 5th of August in 1844 in Chuhuiv, Zmiiv County, Kharkiv gubernia and died on the 29th of September in 1930 in Kuokkala, Finland. Repin, an outstanding painter, a full member of the St Petersburg Academy of Arts from 1893, started his career under I. Kramskoi at the Drawing School ... Читать далее...
6. «Мой любимый художник» (My favourite painter)Thomas Gainsborough is definitely one of my favourite Western painters. His individual poetic and romantic style in painting enraptures me. The world-famous artist was born in 1727 in a British town of Sudbury. He studied art in London and got fascinated by Jan van Eyck’s portraits representing graceful poses and silver tones. Although Gainsborough always ... Читать далее...
7. Isaac LevitanIsaac Ilyich Levitan, the great Russian artist, became the first painter of the Russian scenery, who revealed all its beauty. He is a real poet of the Russian countryside. He continued and developed the traditions of painters of the Russian realistic school — Savrasov, Polenov, Serov. Levitan found significant meaning and poetry in what would ... Читать далее...
8. Биография Пабло Пикассо на английском языке. Biography of Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He experimented in many different styles and changed the world of art during his time. Early life Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881. His father was a drawing teacher. At 10 Pablo became his father’s pupil and at the age ... Читать далее...
9. Museums and art galleries of LondonТопик Музеи и художественные галереи Лондона рассказывает о культурном достоянии столицы Великобритании: музеях и художественных галереях. Например, Британская галерея Тейт, открытая в 1897 году богатым промышленником сэром Генри Тейтом, сейчас уже является только частью группы музеев Тейт. Лондонская национальная галерея — музей в Лондоне на Трафальгарской площади, содержащий более 2000 образцов западноевропейской живописи XIII — ... Читать далее...
10. Художники/ ArtistsНа английском языке Перевод на русский язык Artists Художники Art is one of the best ways to express what we see around us. People have always tried to express themselves in different ways: through writing novels, poems and songs, through creating hand-made items and paintings. There are many art works by famous artists which are ... Читать далее...
11. Jonathan Swift. (1667-1745)Jonathan Swift was the greatest of English satirists. His better satire at the contemporary social order in general and an the policy of English government in particular. That’s why the Irish people considered Swift the champion in the struggle against the wealthy and freedom of their country. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, but he ... Читать далее...
12. Vincent Van GoghТопик Винсент ван Гог познакомит вас с некоторыми фактами из жизни великого голландского художника-постимпрессиониста 19-го века, картины которого в настоящее время почти бесценны. Но слава и известность пришли к Винсенту ван Гогу только после его трагической гибели, а при жизни он был несчастен, нищ и болен психически. Несмотря на это, его полотна полны ярких красок ... Читать далее...
13. Перевод слова royalRoyal — королевский, царственный, величественный Перевод слова Royal ceremonial — королевский церемониал royal Demesne — земельная собственность королевской семьи his bearing is royal — у него величественная осанка He has glaumed at our Royal crown. Он совершил покушение на члена нашей королевской семьи. The Royal house was not yet extinct. Королевская династия еще не пресеклась. ... Читать далее...
14. Биография Исаака Левитана на английском языке. Biography of Isaac LevitanIsaac Ilyich Levitan, the great Russian artist, was one of the first painters of the Russian scenery to reveal its beauty. He is a real poet of the Russian countryside. Levitan developed the traditions of painters of the Russian realistic landscape school — Savrasov, Polenov, Serov and others. He found poetry in what would seem ... Читать далее...
15. Alexei SavrasovAlexei Savrasov was a Russian landscape painter and creator of the lyrical landscape style. Savrasov was born into the family of a merchant. He began to draw early and in 1838 he entered the Moscow School of painting, sculpturing and architecture. He graduated from it in 1850, and immediately began to specialize in landscape painting. ... Читать далее...
16. British LiteratureGreat Britain gave the world a lot of talented people. Many famous writers and poets were born and lived in Great Britain. One of the best known English playwrights was William Shakespeare. He draw ideas for his tragedies and comedies from the history of England and ancient Rome. Many experts consider Shakespeare the greatest writer ... Читать далее...
17. Биография Эндрю Уайета на английском языке. Biography of Andrew WyethAndrew Wyeth, one of the prominent American painters, was born in 1917. The son of illustrator N. C. Wyeth, Andrew is the leading member of the dynasty of painters that included his sisters, their husband and his own two sons. He won fame at the age of 12 for his illustrations of «Robin Hood». He ... Читать далее...
18. Перевод слова landscapeLandscape — ландшафт, пейзаж Перевод слова To admire the landscape — любоваться видом a blot on the landscape — ложка дегтя в бочке меда cultivated landscape — культурный ландшафт I was seduced by the beauty of the Landscape. Я был покорен красотой пейзажа. He received a commission to paint a Landscape. Он получил заказ на ... Читать далее...
19. Mrs. Jones is having her house paintedMrs. Jones is having her house painted, and her husband comes home from work and leans against the freshly painted wall. The next day, she says to the painter, «You wanna see where my husband put his hand last night?» He sighs and says, «Look, lady, I got a tough day’s work ahead of me. ... Читать далее...
20. Blake William — Уильям БлэйкWilliam Blake, English poet, painter and printer, was born on November 28, 1757. You may have read his poems — about the lamb, the tiger, or his sad song about the poor chimney sweep. The strange thing is that in his own time many people thought him mad. Almost a century passed after his death ... Читать далее...
21. Mikhail LomonosovMikhail Lomonosov is the father of the Russian sciences and outstanding poet, the founder of Russian literature. Lomonosov was born in 1711 in Arhangelsk province. He liked to spend his time fishing with his father. He began to read himself then he was a little boy. He wanted to study and when he was 19 ... Читать далее...
22. RembrandtOne of my favourite artists is Rembrant. He is the greatest Dutch master, a supreme genius in the history of art. To this day the artof Rembrant remains one of the most profound witnesses of the progress ofthe soul in it’s earthly pilgrimage towards higher destiny. The son of a prosperous miller, Rembrant was born ... Читать далее...
23. Paintings and painters — Картины и художникиArt has always been a way of understanding the world and expressing feelings and emotions. There are many different forms of art and painting is only one of them. Horace said that a «picture is a poem without words» and indeed it is so. Throughout centuries many techniques have developed to allow artists to transform ... Читать далее...
24. Перевод слова romanticRomantic — романтичный, романтический Перевод слова Romantic youth — романтичный юноша romantic interlude — романтическая интерлюдия romantic comedy — романтическая комедия He is a hopeless Romantic. Он безнадежный романтик. The movie was a pretty standard Romantic comedy. Фильм оказался довольно типичной романтической комедией. His personality had Romantic and actorish elements. В его характере романтизм сочетался ... Читать далее...
25. Leonardo da Vinci — Леонардо да ВинчиLeonardo da Vinci Everyone agrees that Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was one of the greatest of all painters. His painting «The Last Supper» is probably the. most famous painting in the world. But Leonardo would be famous if he had never painted a stroke. For he was also a great inventor. He invented the wheelbarrow, ... Читать далее...
26. Moscow (5)Moscow is the capital of Russia, its administrative, economic, political and educational center. It is one of Russia’s major cities with the population of about 10 million people. Its total area is about 900 thousand (nine hundred thousand) square kilometers. The city was founded by prince Jury Dolgorukiy and was first mentioned in the chronicles ... Читать далее...
27. British Art, Theatre, Music — Британское искусство, театр, музыкаThere was little pictorial art in England until the great miniaturists of the Tudor epoch. There were portraits on a large scale, but they were in the main, of foreign origin, notably Dutch like Holbein. Then came Hogarth, the first great native painter born at the end of the 17th century, famous for both engravings ... Читать далее...
28. Where to send him?A Jesuit, a Dominican and a Franciscan were walking along an old road, debating the greatness of their orders. Suddenly, an apparition of the Holy Family appeared in front of them, with Jesus in a manger and Mary and Joseph praying over him. The Franciscan fell on his face, over come with awe at the ... Читать далее...
29. Elizabeth II, Elizabeth I, Queen VictoriaElizabeth 2 is the Queen of Great Britain. She was born in Windsor on 21 April 1926. Her full name is Elizabeth-Mary-Alexander Windsor. Her pet name is Lilibet. She was educated at home, taught to read and write by her parents. She knew foreign languages. Elizabeth was made her speech on the radio in 1940. ... Читать далее...
30. London (7)London has been home of many famous Englishmen. Some were born there. Some lived there all their lives. Others lived in London only for a short time but all gave something to this great city One of the first names of importance is that of Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet. He lived most of his life ... Читать далее...
31. Taras ShevchenkoTaras Shevchenko is a great Ukrainian poet. He is the founder of the modern Ukrainian literary language. Shevchenko was born in the family of a serf in the village of Moryntsy in 1814. Young Taras became an orphan very early. He was a shepherd, a labourer to a priest and, when he was fourteen, his ... Читать далее...
32. Valentin SerovValentin Alexandrovich Serov was an outstanding Russian painter. In his childhood he studied under Ilya Repin. The biggest influences on Serov were paintings of the old masters in museums of Russia and Western Europe, friendship with Mikhail Vrubeland later with Konstantin Korovin, and the creative atmosphere of the Abramtsevo Colony circle to which he was ... Читать далее...
33. Mikhail Lomonosov (2)Mikhail Lomonosov was born in 1711 in Archangelsk province. His father was a fisher and young Mikhail liked to help him. He always strove for knowledge and liked reading books. As he was 19 years old, he decided to study in Moscow. He went there on foot. In Moscow he entered the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy. After ... Читать далее...
34. About myself (5)Let me introduce myself. My full name is Andrei Andreevich Ivanov. I was named after my father and I am very happy about it. I was born on April, 7, 1981 in Moscow. I come from the family of office workers. I am an only child in the family. I am a pupil of the ... Читать далее...
35. The Royal FamilyТопик Королевская Семья будет интересен всем, кто начал изучать английский язык, ведь очень важно знать историю той страны, язык которой вы изучаете, это еще больше раскрывает все тонкости понравившегося языка. А Королевская Семья – это и есть часть истории Великобритании. At present the British royal family is headed by Queen Elizabeth. When the Queen was ... Читать далее...
36. Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe, outstanding romantic poet, critic, romancer and short story writer, was one of the first professional writers of the United States. He had a rare talent and in France and Russia of his days he was considered to be the only American poet of significance. Edgar Poe was born in Boston (Massachusetts) in ... Читать далее...
37. Isaac Newton — the Great English ScientistIsaac Newton was a great English scientist. He was born in 1642 in a little village in Lincolnshire: Newton’s father was a farmer and died before his son’s birth. When Newton was 15, his uncle removed him from school because he wanted to make a farmer of him. But a young Isaac was a bad ... Читать далее...
38. Culture in Great BritainТопик Культура в Великобритании рассказывает о многообразии культурной жизни Лондона: театры и концертные залы, оперные постановки, балет, комедия, драма, спектакли музыкальной комедии и выступления эстрадных коллективов – все к услугам широкой публики. Неоценимо влияние на культуру Англии, и всего мира, творчества Уильяма Шекспира, ведь недаром вторая половина XVI и начало XVII веков известны как «золотой ... Читать далее...
39. Some Facts About LondonТопик Некоторые факты о Лондоне знакомит вас с несколькими известными жителями этого великого города. Вы узнаете о поэте, авторе знаменитых «Кентерберийских рассказов», Джеффри Чосере, Уильяме Шекспире, архитекторе сэре Кристофере Рене, композиторе Джордже Фредерике Генделе, адмирале лорде Нельсоне и генерале герцоге Веллингтоне. И это всего лишь часть знаменитых людей, прославивших Великобританию и живших, в разное время, ... Читать далее...
40. British Literature — Британская литератураGreat Britain gave the world a lot of talented people. Many famous writers and poets were born and lived in Great Britain. One of the best known English playwrights was William Shakespeare. He draw ideas for his tragedies and comedies from the history of England and ancient Rome. Many experts consider Shakespeare the greatest writer ... Читать далее...