Every painting is the artists world of feeling and ideas. It takes an artist many months or even years to create his picture. But at a museum or at an exhibition people usually spend only a few seconds or minutes in front of it, especially if they see a lot of new pictures. So it works actively for a very short time. It will be good if we can organize museums of one painting. If there is a big hall, with good lighting, comfortable arm-chairs and a thick rug on the floor, that does not let visitors hear footsteps, the impression of the picture will be stronger. And if there is background music, the effect of the painting will be much greater. It will be wonderful if in another room visitors may read some material about the painters life and work and study his sketches for the picture.
The people will really have a chance to come in closer contact with an art work when such museums appear. They will also inspire the painters if they want to pass the test, as the picture for such a museum must be a masterpiece.
The first museum of one paining opened in Penza in 1985.
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Dutch [dΛt∫] to keep [ki:p] prodigal [`prÉdigəl] eyesight [`aisait] wait [weit] to feel [fi:l] to kneel [ni:l] shaven [`∫eivən] hardships [`ha:d∫ips] poverty [`pÉvəti] faith [feiθ] readiness [`redinis] career [kə`riə] ; to treat [tri:t] to achieve [ə`t∫i:v] lonely [`lounli] still (.) - kindness [`kaindnis] sympathy [`simpəθi]
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Text V THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON by Rembrandt
Rembrandt was the greatest Dutch painter of the 17th century. His masterpieces are kept in all the big museums of the world. There are 26 paintings of his at the Hermitage too. The Return of the Prodigal Son is one of them. In this canvas the artist used the subject of an ancient legend. The picture portrays the meeting of an old father with his son, who has been away from home for many years. With the help of light the painter emphasizes the face of the old man, who has lost eyesight in the long years of wait. The old father is feeling with his hands the figure of his son who is kneeling before him. His son has just returned home and is asking his father for help. The sons poor clothes, his shaven head show that he has gone through many hardships, has seen poverty and want. He has lost faith in life, in future and in happiness. But his kind father is ready to help him.
In this picture Rembrandt emphasized the humanistic idea of closeness of people, their readiness to help each other in need. This picture was painted in 1668 at the end of the great masters life.
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But the subject had attracted Rembrandt also at the beginning of his art career. In 1636 he had made an engraving and a number of drawings in which he had treated the same subject quite differently. But only in the last variant the painter achieved true monumentality and perfection. The old and lonely master who had lost all those he had loved still believed in human kindness and sympathy.
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1. How old was Rembrandt when he painted this picture and what was his life like? 2. What does this painting portray? 3. How long has the young man been away from home? 4. Where has he been all that time? 5. Why has he returned home? 6. What idea has Rembrandt conveyed in his painting? 7. When did Rembrandt first use the subject of the old legend? 8. How did the painter treat the same subject when he was young?
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1. Where are you going? 2. Where does he go in the evenings? 3. We went to the cinema. 4. They will not go there. 5. You go there every month. 6. Your parents are proud of you. 7. He has no family. 8. They didnt understand us. 9. Shall I see you tomorrow? 10. I know that. 11. You knew that.
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1. Mary knows three thousand English words. 2. Tom worked in the garden yesterday. 3. They try to help us. 4. You will take the first place in the competition. 5. It is raining at present. 6. They are going to the stadium. 7. Kate met her friend. 8. I shall think about you.
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1. I go to the Institute by bus. 2. My friend has breakfast at home. 3. They came home from the Institute at 3 oclock. 4. Ann is speaking English. 5. You are listening to me. 6. We shall translate the text tomorrow. 7. They study at our University.
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1. There are a lot of studies at our Institute. 2. Bill studies well. 3. It was pleasant to see the childrens rosy faces. 4. The room faces south. 5. My brother parks his car here. 6. Near our houses there is a large park. 7. I am going to my friends.
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1. Have you books? 2. Put sugar in your tea. 3. He does not need help. 4. Give me to eat. 5. We read about it. 6. Is there on the table? 7. Is listening to the radio?
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1. He reads well. 2. He read well. 3. What is he reading? 4. They will not read this book. 4. Why didnt you read it? 5. He is not afraid of anybody. 6. I had many friends at school. 7. We saw you. 8. I shall understand you. 9. They do not go there. 10. She does not remember me. 11. She is looking for something.
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1. She thinks about you. 2. Jane wanted to buy some fruit. 3. I shall see you tomorrow. 4. They are walking with little Alice. 5. I come home late. 6. I am waiting for you. 7. I get up early. 8. She understood this rule well.
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1. Peter worked at the plant last year. 2. She often meets her friends at the University. 3. They are listening to music. 4. Alices brother is sitting in the garden. 5. I teach Biology. 6. I shall come home late. 7. She will understand you.
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1. Their great aims are mental health and normal development. 2. Our foreign policy aims at promoting peace. 3. He is Toms father. 4. The childrens names are Peter, Jack and Bill. 5. This hall houses only a part of the exhibits. 6. There are many new houses in our town. 7. London stretches for many miles.
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1. can understand this text: it is so difficult. 2. There is in the next room. 3. Did you read about it? 4. I can see without glasses. 5. Is there in that box? 6. Does like apples? 7. He wrote letters in the morning.
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1. John writes poems. 2. You do not understand me. 3. What are they writing? 4. What books did he write? 5. I wrote a letter to my friend. 6. When will you write it? 7. He was there at 12 oclock. 8. She has many friends. 9. We didnt tell them about it. 10. What will you do? 11. They are laughing at us.
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1. I shall go there next week. 2. They visited the museum on Sunday. 3. She likes sweets. 4. I know Byelorussian as well as Russian. 5. Her parents arrived yesterday. 6. Mary is having an exam now. 7. We are going to the cinema. 8. We study French.
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1. My brother goes to town every day. 2. My sisters are standing at the window. 3. I bought the book. 4. Theyll come here on Tuesday. 5. You are studying the same book. 6. We get back at 5 oclock. 7. They went by bus to the University.
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1. There are two tram stops near our Institute. 2. The tram stops not far from my house. 3. The boy places his instrument into a special box. 4. Id like to see all the places of interest in your town. 5. We looked at the womens faces. 6. I didnt know that teachers friends. 7. He plays Hamlet.
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1. boys are football fans. 2. Have you questions? 3. Is there in the classroom? 4. It was very dark. We could see . 5. Is there in that box? 6. She is singing . 7. He said about it.
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