Read the first extract. Answer the questions. 1 Where does Robinson Crusoe live at first? 2 Where does he begin to sail to? 3 What happens for 12 days at sea? 4 What does he climb into with his friends? 5 Where does he find himself in the end? first extract again. Put the events
Michelangelo Buonarroti - the world famous Italian sculptor, painter, architect and thinker. He was born March 6, 1475. Full name Michelangelo de Francesco de Neri de Miniato del Sera and Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarroti Simoni. Michelangelo Buonarroti is one of the most prominent and outstanding representatives of the Renaissance. The most famous works by Michelangelo are: the battle of the centaurs. Marble. OK. 1492. Florence, Museo Buonarroti David. Marble. 1501-1504. Florence, Academy of fine arts last judgment. The Sistine chapel. 1535-1541. The Vatican Pieta (the entombment) of the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore. Marble. OK. 1547-1555. Florence, Museo Dell'opera del Duomo, etc.
Tragic life of Vincent van Gogh is popular today as a kind of sacred legend, which, it seems, people need more than the brightness of its stars and sunflowers. Hungry, almost miserable existence, full of loneliness and contempt of others, turned global-wide excitement and interest in the 20th century. During his life van Gogh sold only one painting ("the Red vineyards at Arles"), and exactly one hundred years at Christie's auction in new York for his "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" was bought for 82.5 million dollars (a record among the paintings). Against this background, unhealthy of worship is lost, the image of the artist, powerful and vulnerable at the same time, completed his dramatic journey to the land of despair and suicide. Van Gogh lived only 37 years, of which only the last seven were devoted to painting. However, his musical legacy is amazing. It's about a thousand pictures and almost as many paintings created by volcanic eruptions creative when during the long weeks van Gogh painted one or two paintings every day. Van Gogh was the last truly great artist in history, unattainable example for others, selfless and heroic art which, like a torch, like a rainbow now shines over humanity. His paintings is stunning, full of love and suffering dialogue with oneself, with God, with the world...
