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Visiting
a museum.
There
are a lot of historical and art museums and galleries in St.-Petersburg.
I’d like to tell you about the Hermitage, one of the largest and
well-known museums in the world. It was founded in 1764 by Catherine the
Second when she bought 225 pictures in Berlin. Now the Hermitage
consists of five buildings. Now I’d like to tell you about pictures,
sculptures and other works of art I’ve seen in the Hermitage Gallery.
A great number of wonderful pictures are situated there. Everyone can
find some kind of pictures to enjoy, for example, the pictures by the
world’s greatest masters: Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandts, Rubens
and many others. All great schools of paintings are represented there:
Italian, Spanish, and German etc. A few words about sculptures. There
are a lot of vases and statues in the Hermitage Gallery. Most of all I
like antique statues, for example, statue of Aphrodite, and wonderful
painted vases from ancient Greece. Among other outstanding works of art
I saw the coach of Catherine the Second and beautiful gobelins. The
collection of West-European paintings has the worldwide fame. It covers
a span of about seven hundred years, from the 13th to the 20th
centuries, and comprise works by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian,
Velasques, outstanding paintings by Rembrandt, Vandyke, Rubens; a
remarkable group of French 18-centure canvases, and Impressionist and
Post Impression paintings. My favorite hall there is devoted to works by
Paul Gogen, famous French artist. Most of his bright paintings are about
nature and people of Oceania. One of them, ”The woman holding a fruit”,
is my favorite because of original beauty of Maori woman and image of
unusual, exotic nature. The West-European collection illustrates the art
of Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Britain, Holland and some other
countries. The West-European Department also includes the fine
collection of European sculpture containing works by Michelangelo,
Falconet, Rodin and many other eminent masters. In addition to the works
of Western masters, the Hermitage has sections devoted to the arts of
India, China, Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Also visitors come to
admire the collection of tapestry, weapons, pottery, porcelain and
furniture. A lot of tourists visit the Hermitage every day. In
conclusion I’d like to stress that no one can see everything for one
visit. To enjoy the whole Hermitage Gallery you should visit it several
times. I’d
like=I would like-я
бы
хотел(а);
Consist of-состоит
из;
Are represented-представлены;
Antique-античный;
Painted vases-расписные
вазы;
Coach-карета;
Gobelins-гобелены;
Span-период;
Canvases-холсты;
Eminent-выдающийся;
Tapestry-гобелены;
Weapons-оружие;
Pottery-керамика;
Porcelain-фарфор;
In conclusion I’d like to stress that-в
заключение я хочу
подчеркнуть, что.
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