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15.04.2020    Іноземна мова
Тема: Роль мистецтва в сучасному суспільстві. Wh-questions.
Підручник English book 11
1. Читання

KYIV MUSEUM OF WESTERN AND ORIENTAL ART

The Museum, of Art named after Bohdan and Varvara Kharienko was founded in 1919 on the basis of their pri­vate museum. The museum is also called the Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Now it keeps one of the best collections of foreign art in Ukraine.

From 1919 the number of exhibits has been more than 13 times increased. Visitors can view many remarkable samples of foreign art: Ancient Greek, Roman, Italian, French, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Egyptian, etc,

Famous founders of museum's collections were Boh­dan Khanenko and his wife Varvara. They always dreamt to open the public museum of art. In Kyiv, Finally their dream came true.

The collection of the museum consists of 25 thousand 'of exhibits and is considered to be the biggest foreign art collection in Ukraine,

Among the museum's collection there are real fine ail masterpieces. There is, for example, the world-famous work of Diego Velazquez, The Portrait of Infanta Margaret, located in the Spanish hall of the museum.

The famous portrait appeared in Kyiv after Bohdan Khanenko had purchased it in Berlin on the sale of Hamburg council Weber’s collections. The presentation of the painting in Kyiv was arranged very mysteriously.

Khanenko hadn't informed the guests of the banquet about the true reasons. When the curtain was taken away from Velasquez’ masterpiece, the audience was really im­pressed. The picture created a real excitement in cultural life of that time Kyiv.

The building of the museum was constructed under the project of a famous architect from Saint Petersburg F Meltzer in the 80s of the 19^th century. Then it was re­constructed and decorated several times according to the plans of the Khanenko family.

This building is considered to be the shell and the architectural addition to the great art collections of the Khanenko family.

So, Kyiv Museum of Western and Oriental Art is fa­mous not only in Ukraine but also for abroad.

2. Дайте відповідь на запитання

1.Have you heard these names before?

2.Whose family was the museum named after?

3.What is another name of his museum?

4.When was it founded?

5.Who designed the draft of the museum building?

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