When you return home after a hard day's work and get off the subway train, you sometimes have to walk for a long time to the exit or change trains. Suddenly, there is some music in the noise. These are street musicians. You take a coin out of your pocket and drop it into your hat or tool case. These musicians bring color and life to the city streets. Street musicians are people between the ages of 17 and 30. Some of them are men, some are women. They play classical music, pop or folk music, old and new songs. Many musicians are former University students or professional musicians. Andrew Hayne, for example, once studied music, but dropped out and became an artist. Now he's playing underground because he doesn't want to forget how to play. His girlfriend is also an artist. She helps him raise money. Another street musician, David Mcnell, tells new players “ " Learn new songs all the time, otherwise you will have fewer and fewer listeners. Wear bright clothing to attract attention. Make sure that the places where you decide to play are warm. The best places are bridges and, of course, the metro.” Hyde Park is the best place on Sundays, as speakers address the public. Street musicians do business with the many tourists who visit the Park. Weather is one of the most serious problems. It's not easy to play the violin or guitar on a rainy November day in London and try to smile. The police are a much worse problem. They come in from time to time and the musicians are moved to another place. However, they are not often fined. One musician told me: "The policeman asked me what I was doing. I said I was just practicing. Some money just fell out of my pocket into a guitar case and I was told to leave my seat. I don't think it's fair
Now it is impossible to imagine that our life would not be accompanied by art and creativity. Wherever and whenever a person lived, he tried to make sense of the world around him, tried to understand it and figuratively, to pass on the knowledge gained to the next generations. This is how wall paintings appeared in caves-ancient human settlements.
Humanity did not stand still, it moved forward and higher, and the art that accompanies man along the way also developed.
If you turn to the Renaissance, you admire the heights reached by artists and poets, musicians and architects. The immortal works of Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci still fascinate with their perfection, plasticity and deep awareness of the role of man in the world, where he is destined to pass his short, but beautiful, sometimes tragic path. Magnificent are the works created in Europe: "the Word about Igor's regiment", icons and paintings by Andrey Rublev and Feofan the Greek, cathedrals of Vladimir, Kiev and Moscow.
It is not only ancient creations that attract our attention. We are constantly faced with works of art in everyday life. Visiting museums and exhibition halls, we want to join the beautiful world that is available at first only to geniuses, and then to others, we learn to understand, see, and absorb the beauty that has already become a part of our ordinary life.
Art is beautiful because it is created by the chosen, but belongs to millions. We try to understand what the masters have created, and we approach their vision of the world. Isn't this the main purpose of art? It is intended for human improvement.
It is impossible for everyone to be creators, but it is in our power to try to penetrate the essence of the creation of genius, to come closer to understanding the beautiful. And the more often we become contemplators of paintings, architectural masterpieces, listeners of beautiful music, the better it is for us and others.
Art is many-sided, eternal, but, unfortunately, it cannot influence people without their will, mental tension, a certain work of thought. A person must want to learn to see and understand the beautiful, then art will have a beneficial effect on him, society as a whole. This will probably happen in the future.
In the XX century, the role of film, television and video increased. They became the main idols of young people. And it is fine if it is a good, humane beginning, i.e. true art with age-old traditions. But if the propaganda of violence, the cult of power, evil steps on our screens, we will die after the hapless heroes of these one-day militants.
I believe that all this is temporary, transitory, and soon people will understand it. Many people already realize that no film can replace communication with a book, music, or painting.
Art is eternal and beautiful, because it brings beauty and goodness to the world!
Объяснение:
1. Мальчик жаловался, что его постоянно ругают и наказывают. A boy complained of being regularly scolded and punished. 2. Я настаиваю на том, чтобы поговорить с ним. I insist upon talking to him.3. Я с нетерпением ждал встречи с братом. I was looking forward to seeing my brother. 4. Мне что-то не хочется сегодня играть в футбол. I don’t feel like playing football today somehow. 5. Его обвинили в том, что он продал важные государственные секреты. He was accused of having sold important state secrets. 6. Он настаивал на том, что невиновен. He insisted on being innocent. 7. Он боялся, что его посадят в тюрьму. He was afraid of being put into prison. 8. Вы не возражаете, если я пойду гулять? Don’t you mind my going for a walk? 9. Я не могу не бояться. I can’t help being afraid. 10. Она жаловалась на то, что у нее нет времени. She was complaining on lacking of time.11. Продолжайте работать. Go on working. 12. Я настаиваю на том, чтобы его проверили. I insist on his being checked. 13. Мама возражает против того, что я играю в хоккей. My mother objects to my playing hockey. 14. Он жалуется на то, что я ему не Она боялась, что ее накажут. She was afraid of being punished.16. Перестаньте разговаривать. Stop talking. 17. Я не отрицаю, что был там вчера. I don’t deny having been there yesterday. 18. Я не возражаю, если вы уйдете пораньше. I don’t object to your leaving earlier. 19. Не могу не восхищаться работами этого художника. I can’t help admiring that painter’s works.