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язык 2, 3, 4 и 5 абзацы.
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Text I
Pre-reading task.
1. What do you know about Michelangelo?
2. Make sure you know the meanings of the following
words and word-combinations: a creator; contemporar-
ies; to carve; marble; a dome; an architect; to appreci-
ate; design; the experience of humanity.
3. Cross the word which is odd in the category and make
reasons for that:
a) a sculptor an architect an artist a poet
b) war art architecture culture
c) marble paint cement sculpture
d) back neck shoulder face ceiling
e) show display represent design
4. Read the text and get ready to answer the question:
Why did Michelangelo have a tremendous influence on his
contemporaries?
Michelangelo (1475-1564) was one of the most inspired
creators in the history of art. As a sculptor, an architect, a
painter, and a poet, he had a tremendous influence on all his
contemporaries.
He was born near Arezzo, but it was Florence that he con-
sidered to be his home town. What he loved above all was the
city’s art, architecture and culture.
Initially, he concentrated on sculpture. In 1501 he began to
carve a figure of David from a huge block of marble. This was
finished in 1504, when he was 29. David is shown with a sling
on his shoulder, looking into the distance.
Later, Michelangelo was asked by Pope Julius II to paint the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Every day for four years, from
1508 till 1512, he worked on this task, lying on his back at the
top of high scaffolding, his neck stiff, with paint trickling onto
his face.
He designed many buildings, but it was his work at St Pe-
ter’s Basilica that represented his greatest achievement as an
architect. His dome became the model for domes all over the
Western world. What is difficult to appreciate nowadays is its
revolutionary design.
There’s a small group of artists such as Shakespeare and
Beethoven, who, through their work, have been able to express
the deepest experiences of humanity. Michelangelo belongs to
this group.
Comprehension check.
1. Where and when was Michelangelo born?
2. How long did he work on painting the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel?
c) England and USA had no enough money 4. Read the text and get ready to answer the question:
Why did Michelangelo have a tremendous influence on his
VII. Перепишите и письменно переведите на русский contemporaries?
язык 2, 3, 4 и 5 абзацы.
Michelangelo (1475-1564) was one of the most inspired
creators in the history of art. As a sculptor, an architect, a
painter, and a poet, he had a tremendous influence on all his
contemporaries.
He was born near Arezzo, but it was Florence that he con-
sidered to be his home town. What he loved above all was the
city’s art, architecture and culture.
Initially, he concentrated on sculpture. In 1501 he began to
carve a figure of David from a huge block of marble. This was
finished in 1504, when he was 29. David is shown with a sling
Additional Texts for Reading on his shoulder, looking into the distance.
Later, Michelangelo was asked by Pope Julius II to paint the
Text I ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Every day for four years, from
1508 till 1512, he worked on this task, lying on his back at the
Pre-reading task. top of high scaffolding, his neck stiff, with paint trickling onto
1. What do you know about Michelangelo? his face.
He designed many buildings, but it was his work at St Pe-
2. Make sure you know the meanings of the following ter’s Basilica that represented his greatest achievement as an
words and word-combinations: a creator; contemporar- architect. His dome became the model for domes all over the
ies; to carve; marble; a dome; an architect; to appreci- Western world. What is difficult to appreciate nowadays is its
ate; design; the experience of humanity. revolutionary design.
There’s a small group of artists such as Shakespeare and
3. Cross the word which is odd in the category and make Beethoven, who, through their work, have been able to express
reasons for that: the deepest experiences of humanity. Michelangelo belongs to
a) a sculptor an architect an artist a poet this group.
b) war art architecture culture
c) marble paint cement sculpture Comprehension check.
d) back neck shoulder face ceiling 1. Where and when was Michelangelo born?
e) show display represent design 2. How long did he work on painting the ceiling of the Sistine
Chapel?
