6 Render the following text into English using the words from Task 5.

Вермеер Делъфтский - художник, который, как никто другой, умел передавать очарование подлинного дневного света и прозрачных серебристых теней. В его творчестве почти не звучит тема бренности бытия, которая была столь заметна в произведениях других голландских живописцев XVII века. Герои картин Вермеера - представители богатого купеческого общества, которые наслаждаются сладостью мирного безмятежного бытия. Их день проходит размеренно, без суеты и скандалов, для них как бы не существует времени, а мгновения превратились в вечность. Его живопись реализует тот идеал Искусства, которое отрешено от бурной и суетной жизни в созерцательной, почти сакральной тишине.

В полотнах Вермеера образы повседневности, не теряя своей жизненной убедительности, представляют вместе с тем картину прекрасного мира, исполненного особой гармонии и красоты. Его пейзаж «Вид Дельфта» - изумительное по силе чувства и красоте живописи изображение его родного города, освещенного лучами солнца, пробивающимися сквозь влажные облака. А в картине «У сводницы» необыкновенно выпукло представлена смелая и свободная по своей теме бытовая сцена, а характеры действующих лиц очерчены с необычной широтой и яркостью. В одном взгляде сводницы художник передал не только пронырливость и алчность, но и такую живую черту, как жадное любопытство. Вермер превратил здесь грубую бордельную сцену в романтическое таинство любви.

The World of VERMEER – Part 2

1 Complete the lead-in text using the words and phrases given.

discovery two and two explore subject patron doggedly output archives whatever master-manipulator relating to to do with rather than coming into

According to Tracy Chevalier’s book, the girl in one of the paintings is a servant in Vermeer’s house, who becomes a _________ of desire for a character who is also Vermeer’s ____________.

His existence in real life was unknown until recently, and his ____________ helps to explain one of the great mysteries about Vermeer: why he produced so few paintings. The detective in this case was a man who was ____________ combed the Delft __________ for over twenty years, a professor from Yale – John Michael Montias.

“I suddenly realized that various documents ____________ a man named Pieter Klass Van Ruijven actually had __________ a patron of Vermeer, which nobody had realized before. I sort of put _______________ together and it ______ me: this must have been Vermeer’s patron.”

“Well we think that he may have painted maybe forty-five to fifty-five pictures. And we think that he may have sold to his patron close to half of his___________.”

Knowing that Vermeer had a patron makes a lot of sense, and helps explain why he seems so modern to us. I think that having a patron who’d accept ___________ he painted gave Vermeer the freedom to be himself, to __________ his own vision, rather than play to the market. In New York they have one of the earliest paintings for Van Ruijven, where we can see the ________________ of light and space __________ his own.

According to Tracy Chevalier’s book, the girl in one of the paintings is a servant in Vermeer’s house, who becomes a subject of desire for a character who is also Vermeer’s patron.

His existence in real life was unknown until recently, and his discovery helps to explain one of the great mysteries about Vermeer: why he produced so few paintings. The detective in this case was a man who was doggedly combed the Delft archives for over twenty years, a professor from Yale – John Michael Montias.

“I suddenly realized that various documents relating to a man named Pieter Klass Van Ruijven actually had to do with a patron of Vermeer, which nobody had realized before. I sort of put two and two together and it hit me: this must have been Vermeer’s patron.”

“Well we think that he may have painted maybe forty-five to fifty-five pictures. And we think that he may have sold to his patron close to half of his output.”

Knowing that Vermeer had a patron makes a lot of sense, and helps explain why he seems so modern to us. I think that having a patron who’d accept whatever he painted gave Vermeer the freedom to be himself, to explore his own vision, rather than play to the market. In New York they have one of the earliest paintings for Van Ruijven, where we can see the master manipulator of light and space coming into his own.

(doggedly - упрямо, не отходя от выбранного курса; to comb - to search or inspect with great care)

2 Look through the NOTES and watch the Episode “The World of Vermeer, Part 2”. (Мультимедийный каталог 1556→Unit 9)

Maria Tins – Vermeer’s mother-in-law

Wilhelm - Maria Tin’s unruly son

Tanneke Everpoel - the kitchen maid

Wilhelm Bolnes - Maria Tins’s unruly son

Hermanus Taerling - manager in a private house of correction

Gouda [Dutch ] - a town in the Netherlands, famous for its cheese, mild and similar in taste to Edam