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1. Watch the video. Answer the questions.

1. Where is the National Gallery situated?
2. At the junction of what London’s areas is the National Gallery located? What do these areas stand for?

7. Read and translate the text.

The first public picture gallery in Britain was opened in 1824. It was the National Gallery. If you stand in Trafalgar Square with your face to Nelson’s Column you will see a wide horizontal front in a classical style: the National Gallery. It has been in this building since 1838.

The National Gallery is comparatively younger that the great galleries in Rome, Paris and so on. It has a wonderful collection of European painters, such Italian, Spanish, Flemish, French masters. It is famous for pictures of English painters: Gainsborough, Turner, Constable, and Reynolds. It is arranged by period in four wings:

Sainsbury Wing: Painting from 1260 to 1510 including Piero della Francesca, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Bellini and Raphael.

West Wing: Painting from 1510 to 1600 including Cranach, Michelangelo, Holbein, Bronzino, Titian.

North Wing: Painting from 1600 to 1700 including Rubens, Van Dyck, Poussin, Claude, Rembrandt and Vermeer.

East Wing: Painting from 1700 to 1900 including Gainshorough, Turner,Constable, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh and Seurat.

An interesting fact is that in 1777 one of the greatest private collections of pictures was offered for sale. Some of the members of Parliament suggested that the collection should be bought for the Nation and a special gallery be built for it near the British Museum. But this suggestion found no support in the House of Commons and the wonderful pictures were brought to Russia. They are in the Gallery of Hermitage in St.Peterburg. Now one can admire a great number of pictures by great British painters Constable, the portraits by Gainsborough, who became famous the world over as well as the world’s greatest masters – Raphael, Rembrandt, Holbein and many others. Even a short visit to the gallery makes an unforgettable impression on you.

8. Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.

Класичний стиль, чудова колекція, приватна колекція, короткий візит, горизонтальний, незабутні враження, Плата Лордів, парламент, національна галерея, Британський музей, Ермітаж, Санкт-Петербург, відомий картинами, включати, підтримка, пропозиція, пропонувати, захоплюватися., було запропоновано продати.

9. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian to English.

1. Національна галерея була відкрита в 1824 році в Великобританії.

2. Галерея має чудову колекцію картин європейських художників.

3. Галерея відома картинами англійських художників таких як Гейнсборо, Тернер. Констейбл.

4. Галерея розподілена на чотири зали за періодами часу.

5. Є чотири зали в національній галереї.

6. Картини Мікеланджело, Гольбейна. Бронзіно таКранаха знаходяться в західному залі.

7. Картини Гейнсборо, Тернера, Ренуара, сезонна, моне. Ван Гога та серо знаходяться в східному залі.

8. Картини Леонардо да вінчі, Рафаеля, Франческо, Ботічеллі та Белліні знаходяться в Сейнсберському залі.

9. Картини Рубенса, Ван Дайка, Клода, Рембрандта, Пуссена та вермера знаходяться в північному залі.

10. Візит до галереї залишає незабутні враження.

10. Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. How many wings are there in the National Gallery?
2. What painters are represented in Sainsbury Wing?
3. What painters are represented in the North Wing?
4. What painters are represented in the West Wing?
5. What painters are represented in the East Wing?

11. Listen to the presentation and answer the questions.

12. Complete the sentences.

1. The National Gallery was opened in ….
2. The National Gallery was built in … style.
3. It is situated in … Square.
4. The National Gallery is arranged by … in … wings.
5. You can watch the pictures of … in the Sainsbury Wing.
6. You can watch the pictures of … in the West Wing.
7. You can watch the pictures of … in the East Wing.
8. You can watch the pictures of … in the North Wing.
9. In … one of the greatest private collections of pictures was offered for ….
10. But this suggestion found no … in the … and the wonderful pictures were brought to ….
11. They are in the Gallery of … in ….
12. Even a … visit to the gallery makes an … on you.

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