Fig. 6. Triumphal Arch

3.4. After you have read:

I. Make up a sentence of two parts:

1.Joseph Bové born in 1784 was a Russian neoclassical architect with Italian roots.	1. who also trained in architecture and later became his associates.
2. He had two junior brothers, Michaele and Alessandro,	2. of new facade designs and enforcing that new buildings are placed exactly at the new street lines according to the new master plan.
3. As a full-time employee of the Expedition,	3.who supervised reconstruction of Moscow after the Fire of 1812.
4. Bove was hired by the Moscow Building Commission and assigned to lead the Facade Department, responsible for approval,	4. however both Bolshoi Theatre and Maly Theatre were subsequently rebuilt, and the square lost its neoclassical symmetry.
5. Emperor Alexander, visiting Moscow, was enraged to see buildings painted in all kinds of colors,	5. but his most famous work remains the Bolshoi Theatre.
6. His best known project, Theatre Square, was completed in 1825,	6. especially deep red and dark green, and issued a decree that limited city palette to modest, pale colours.
7. He designed numerous private mansion in Moscow,	7. he was involved in various Kremlin maintenance jobs.

II. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:

1.Joseph Bové, born in 1784 was an Italian neoclassical architect with Russian roots.

2. Bové was born in Moscow in the family of an architect.

3. In 1802 – 1807 he attended the school of architecture at Expedition of Kremlin construction.

4. Since 1807 Bové worked as an assistant to C. Wren and K.Thon in Moscow and Tver.

5. As a full-time employee of the Expedition, he was involved in various Kremlin maintenance jobs.

6. His best known project, Red Square, was completed in 1825.

7. In 1824–1825 he participated in reconstruction of Moscow Manege.

8. He designed numerous private mansions in Moscow, but his most famous work remains the Tretyakov Gallery.

III. Give negative and question form of the following sentences:

1. Bové was born in St. Petersburg in the family of a painter.

2. He had two junior brothers.

3. The young man attended the school of architecture at Expedition of Kremlin construction.

4. He was involved in various Kremlin maintenance jobs.

5. Bové was in charge of designing and rebuilding the new Central Squares of Moscow and Red Square.

6. His best known project, Theatre Square, was completed in 1825.

7. In 1824–1825 the architect participated in reconstruction of Moscow Manege.

8. His most famous work remains the Bolshoi Theatre.

IV. Put the verb toparticipate into the correct tense-form. Pay attention to the words given in the brackets.

The young architect to participate in reconstruction of old buildings in Moscow (every year, last month, when the head architect came back from London, the whole month last year, the whole month next year, since 2010, in two years, never).

V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?

Begin with the phrases:

As for me I learnt that …

If I am not mistaken …

It was not new for me that …

VI. Give the summary of the text.

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