Вопрос № 222874 - Английский язык

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It is very wise to 1______________ foreign languages. "Knowledge is power", one of the great men said. Speaking a foreign language one can not only 2______________ the papers, magazines and original books by outstanding writers, but as well watch 3________________ TV programs, travel easily in the 4_______________ parts of the world. Besides, understanding and speaking a foreign language or two became necessary while applying for a good and well-paid job.

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It is very wise to 1______________ foreign languages. “Knowledge is power”, one of the great men said. Speaking a foreign language one can not only 2______________ the papers, magazines and original books by outstanding writers, but as well watch 3________________ TV programs, travel easily in the 4_______________ parts of the world. Besides, understanding and speaking a foreign language or two became necessary while applying for a good and well-paid job.

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In Russia the finest icons were produced from the mid-fourteenth century. Around that time a specific national style in icon painting was formed. Russian icon painting reached the highest point of its achievement in the mid-fifteenth century in the works of Theophanes of Greek, Andrei Rublev and Dionissy.
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In whose work did Russian icon painting reach the highest point of its achievement?

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In 1422 A. Rublev was asked to return to his former monastery at Sergiev Posad to redecorate the walls of the Cathedral of the Trinity. At that time he painted his most famous icon “The Old Testament Trinity”. The subject of this icon is the visit of the three angels to Abraham. In this icon the severe Byzantine tradition has been transformed into something more intimately human.
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What is the subject of the Trinity?

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From the eighteenth century, when Peter the Great introduced western tastes and forms in art and architecture, Russian art moved away from religion towards a secular tradition. Portrait painting, marines and townscapes were dominant genres. In the second half of the nineteenth century artists of the Wanderers (Peredvizhniki) group started painting scenes of contemporary life.
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When did Russian art move away from religion towards a secular tradition?

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Surikov’s first large painting, the “Morning of the Streltsy Execution” (1881), was devoted to the time of Peter the Great. The picture “Menshikov in Beryozov” (1883), was devoted to Alexander Menshikov, the statesman at the time of Peter the Great. After the Tsar’s death, Menshikov fell in disgrace and was dismissed from all his posts and exiled to a remote part of Siberia.
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When was Alexander Menshikov exiled to a remote part of Siberia?