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Explain the expressions in bold from the text and make up sentences of your own. Use English-English dictionaries to help you



3 Suggest the Russian equivalents:

can be traced back; enormous influence; to reach a high point; Early Christian times; a central domed space; in the arms of the cross; the reign of Justinian; to some extent; the church of the Holy Wisdom; by the 9th century; to follow the plan of a Greek cross; to cover externally and internally; flat and incise; to become universal.

4 Give the English equivalents:

нашей эры; под влиянием Востока; достигнуть высшей точки в развитии; православные общины; базиликальный и центрические типы; церковь святой Софии; покрывать штукатуркой мозаикой; неописуемая красота; ярко освещенное пространство; главный материал; может быть отнесен к периоду; появляться в России; широко распространяться.

5 Read the text again and answer the questions that follow (1-8):

1. When was Constantinople established?

2. Why did the Byzantine style influence greatly both the East and the West?

3. When did this style develop?

4. When did this style come to Russia?

5. How far did this style spread?

6. What was the dominant Byzantine art form?

7. What are the two chief types of churches of Byzantine period?

8. What can toy say about Byzantine decoration?

6 Say whether these sentences are true or false:

1. The style had enormous influence on the West.

2. It was Roman art transformed under influence of the East.

3. The dominant Byzantine art was architecture.

4. In Byzantine architecture there was only one type of church.

5. Stone was the main material used for the construction of Byzantine churches.

6. Hagia Sophia is a palace.

7. Byzantine architecture of the period of Hagia Sophia was markedly concerned with mathematics.





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