...permanent display, comprise over three million items,[4] including the largest collection of paintings in the world. The collections occupy a large complex of six historic buildings along Palace Embankment, including the Winter Palace, a former residence of Russian emperors. Apart from them, the Menshikov Palace, Museum of Porcelain, Storage Facility at Staraya Derevnya and the eastern wing of the General Staff Building are also part of the museum. The museum has several exhibition centers abroad. The Hermitage is a federal state property. Since 1990, the director of the museum has been Mikhail Piotrovsky. Of six buildings of the main museum complex, five, named the Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage, New Hermitage and Hermitage Theatre, are open to the public. The entrance ticket for foreign tourists costs more than the fee paid by citizens of Russia and Belarus. However, entrance is free of charge the first Thursday of every month for all visitors, and free daily for students and children. The museum is closed on Mondays. The entrance for individual visitors is located in the Winter Palace, accessible from the Courtyard. Buildings Originally, the only building housing the collection was the 'Small Hermitage'. Today, the Hermitage Museum encompasses many buildings on the Palace Embankment and its neighbourhoods. Apart from the Small Hermitage, the museum now also includes the 'Old Hermitage' (also called 'Large Hermitage'), the 'New Hermitage', the 'Hermitage Theatre'...
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...impulse to learn and build on her knowledge. The novella also states that Queen didn’t like being contradicted, and if she came across any reading that wasn’t in line with her thoughts and actions, she used to lose her patience at it. Her lack of interest in reading can be judged by the incident when Norman, a servant sarcastically remarked about her reading sense by stating that the book ‘My dog Tulip’, must be comprehended by the queen to be about a dog. This can further be reinforced by the anecdotes about Henry James and Jean Ganet. However, over the course of time she developed a strong insight into reading. It all sprung off after the queen felt obliged to borrow books from a City of Westminster Mobile Library outside the Buckingham Palace. She was guided by Norman, a former kitchen boy and an...
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...« THE RISE of PARLIAMENT in XIII ». Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Magnum Cartum Liberatum. 3. Simon de Monfort and his “Parliamentum”. 4. King Edward’s Parliament. 5. Parliament nowadays. a). The Functions of Parliament. b). The Meeting of Parliament. c). The House of Lords. d). The House of Commons. e). Public Access to Parliamentary Proceedings. 6. Conclusion. INTRODUCTION I am always interested in the history of Great Britain and especially in the developing of the British Parliament. It plays the leading role in the political life of Great Britain. It passes laws, provides the means of carrying work of the government, scrutinizes government policy and administration, including proposals for expenditure; debates the major issues of the day. In my wok I try to look at the history of this undoubtedly important body of authority. The events that took place in England in the XIII century turned out to be the main influence on the formation and the rise of Parliament that exists to the very moment. THE GREAT CHARTER - MAGNA CARTA Richard I’s absence in the Holy Land and the expense of crusade the weakened power of the Crown in England. When his brother John became a king, he lacked the money to defend the English lands in France successfully. The meanness and cruelty of his character added to his unpopularity stimulated a heavy...
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...Central government is in charge at a national level, it is positioned in London where the houses of parliament and the House of Lords have many different types of responsibilities. One of their responsibilities is to protect the whole country at a national level. The good thing about this responsibility is that it will make our country a safer place to live in by creating new laws and policies which will help protect the people either from drink/driving laws or smoking ban where they keep you from harm. The bad thing about this responsibility is only a selected few hundred MPs can make the choice and even through the people in the House of Commons are voted in by us, they may not do what is in our best interest and will vote on their principles and beliefs and they could have a bias opinion. An example would be the House of parliament and when they are in session they discuss lots of different issues and reports and in front of the speaker. Our country signs treaties with other countries so we can make deals with each other which are friendly and to help keep the peace and so we can be allies with each other this is also another responsibility. The good thing about this responsibility is that it will keep peace between our countries and there is no fighting going on and the less likely chance we will go to war where there will be death caused by bombs, gunshot wounds and a great deal of injury. In 1992, the UN sent more than 10,000 British troops over to Yugoslavia to help...
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...then a prison. Now it is a museum. St. Paul's Cathedral is very large and fine. It was completed in 1710. The famous English architect Christopher Wren planned and built St. Paul's Cathedral. If the City is the business part of London, Westminster is the centre of administration. We can see the Houses of Parliament there. It is a beautiful building with two towers and a very big clock called Big Ben. The Houses of Parliament stand in Parliament Square. Westminster Abbey is opposite the Houses of Parliament. Many great Englishmen were buried in Westminster Abbey. To the west of Westminster Abbey you can see Buckingham Pa-lace. It is a royal residence. The ceremony of the chan-ging of the guards which takes place in front of Bucking-ham Palace is of great interest to the tourists. Rich people live in the West End. The best and most expensive clubs, restaurants and theatres, beautiful houses and parks are there. The East End — the district of plants, factories, slums and docks — is for the working people. London is unlike any other city in the world. It has rather wide streets but low houses. It looks very grey because there is so much rain and fog there. Only buses and pillar-boxes are red. This city has never been planned and it has many parts which are different from each other. Перевод текста: London Yesterday I watched a great cartoon "Hakuna Mathata". I liked...
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...The central government of the UK is based in at the Palace of Westminster in London. It contains the major central political institutions of the UK, the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Together with the ruling monarch, these three institutions are known as Parliament. The central government is the layer of government that operates across the whole country. It is usually located in the country's capital city and it has very specific responsibilities that no other level of government is able to do for example; signing treaties with other nations, making new laws and defending the nation. A proposed new law is called a bill. Bills must be agreed by both Houses of Parliament and receive Royal Assent from the Queen before they can become Acts of Parliament which make our law, The good thing about this responsibility is that it will make our country a safer place to live in by creating new laws and policies which will help protect the people either from drink/driving laws or smoking ban where they keep you from harm. The bad thing about this responsibility is only a selected few hundred MPs can make the choice and even through the people in the House of Commons are voted in by us, they may not do what is in our best interest and will vote on their principles and beliefs and they could have a bias opinion. An example would be the House of parliament and when they are in session they discuss lots of different issues and reports and in front of the...
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...Journal #1 In my opinion, I think that Louis XIV would be a better ruler to live under compared to his grandson and Marie Antoinette. The Sun King was successful at his ability establish a stable and powerful hold over his country through absolute monarchy. Meanwhile, Louis XIV failed to do so and lost his head as a result. In addition, Louis XIV knew how to retain and maintain power, especially over the nobles. The very act of establishing Versailles as a seat of government control forced the nobles to come to him and seek his support. He was adept at playing the nobles off against each other, and was practically the archetype of absolute power. Although he certainly made mistakes such as his foreign wars, he kept a tight rein on his nobles. This way, he was not affected by outside sources trying to sway his decisions. Thus, Louis XIV was a much more powerful king that was never at risk of losing his throne and his crown. Therefore, I would prefer to live in a country with absolute monarchy and have a king that was completely in power, rather than Louis XVI with his unstable shaky influence. Louis XIV was a good example of a political leader while Louis XVI tried to avoid politics as much as possible. When Louis XVI said "I am the state," he lived as if he were. While Louis XIV spent excessive amounts of money on his military, he could justify that decision for it was spent in order to fund for his wars. Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI spent large amounts on extravagant...
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...For my reading assignment I read the story, It's All the Same by Bewketu Seyoum. The story is about a man who has a problem with his spending habits. He proposed an Ethiopian Millennium to help beggars in Ethiopia and he ends up thinking of killing himself by drinking poison. Below is my assignment for this week. Dear Diary, So by now you are probably thought that I downed all the poison and that I do not have to worry about my spending habits anymore. Well it did not turn out quite like that. Do as it turned out, I did not drink the poison after all, I let it sit for a couple of days, until 2 days later.I woke up and looked outside of the window but nothing had changed to give me a clue on whether I should drink the poison or not.I sat...
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...* Versailles * Second gate * Guards stand by to secure firearms, and that people are properly dressed * Swords and hats can be rented at entrance * Caterers * Laid table for royal family * Windows- from secon room * Can see hall of mirrors * Room called the Buzai? * Take shape from circular window * Tastes youth be ever present without him * Bed Chamber * Royal bed protected by guilded building * Personification of france watches over sleeping king * The royal bed is the symbol of power * Center of bed room * All who pass have to bow before it * Ritual * Ceremony of awakening * Ceremony of Grand Awakening * Constants stream of coming and goings * 100 people buzzingle in and out * ambassadors, parliamentary officials, bishops * to be seen and gossip * Louis the XIV chooses self portrait to hand on too of door * Painting of St .John, St. Mathew, St. Marc * Royal office * Louis XV transformed this room * Symbol of septor and hand of justice * 1682-1789 Versaille is seat of absolute monarchy * King rules alone * Demands consistency and obedience * Summons counselors and documents * Architects also summoned here * Originally hunting lodge ...
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...932). Increased nationalism in England also sparked a revival of Gothic architecture. After the Houses of Parliament burnt down in London (1834), the task of redesign the new building was assigned to Charles A. Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin. Their Gothic design of the new Houses of Parliament make it a prime example of Victorian architecture today (Tansey 955). It is important to recognize that Romantic architecture was not only a return to the past. Modern technologies and materials, as well as non-European influences, also played a role. (Sporre 495-98; Tansey 956). One example is the Crystal Palace designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition in London (1851). Made of iron and glass, it was designed to be rapidly put together and taken apart. Another noted architectural example of this period was John Nash’s Royal Pavilion in Brighton (1815-18). The design of this palace was greatly influenced by Islamic and Eastern architecture (Flynn; Sporre 495-98; Tansey 956, 1014). Victorian architecture was both a rediscovery of the past and the precursor of Modern architecture. Some buildings embodied both of these characteristics. The Houses of Parliament and the Crystal Palace’s outside architecture had little to do with their functions and internal design. Their architects were revolutionizing the world of architecture and ushering in the Modern era (Sporre 495-98). Works Cited Tansey, Richard G., and Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner’s Art Through The Ages. 10th ed. Orlando:...
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...REVIEW OF EXHIBITIONIn Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion (London, The Queen’sGallery, Buckingham Palace, 10 May–6 October 2013). Catalogue In Fine Style:The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion, ed. Anna Reynolds. London: Royal Collec-tion Trust, 2013. 300 pp. illus., over 320 colour. £45.00. ISBN: 978-1905686445(hb).‘In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion’, described as the Royal Collec-tion’s first exhibition of royal fashion, presented the visitor with an impressive numberof Tudor and Stuart portraits, most of which were drawn from the Queen’s Collection.Over sixty pictures, some very well known and others less so, were used to exploreclothing worn by the English monarchy and nobility between 1485 and 1714. Thevirtue of selecting paintings spanning approximately 230 years of English and thenBritish history, ranging from Henry VII to Queen Anne, made it possible to focussharply on how royal fashions changed over a significant period of time. And thesewere turbulent times that saw the rise and fall of two royal houses, queens regnant aswell as kings, a minority, a regicide, and the Restoration. Against this context, maleclothing evolved from the doublet and hose worn with a long gown (favoured by HenryVII), to being accompanied by a short, semi-circular cloak worn nonchalantly on oneshoulder (by the reign of James I), to the coat, vest and breeches. This forerunner tothe modern three-piece suit was introduced by Charles II and became really estab-lished under...
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...Louis the great AKA the sun king believed in absolutism. This meant the king was chosen by God. So how dare you ever dispute a king. The sun king had several wars that changed the dynamic of France.He wanted to weaken the Hapsburg dominance His wars would change the perceived balance of power. The Hapsburg was dominating Europe during this time. Hapsburg was in Spain,Austria,Netherlands, just to name some places.Louis wanted to replace the powers of the Dutch AND THE Hapsburg..Louis would negotiate with King Charles of England,Scotland for money needed and King Charles would share the naval power.This would be called the Secret Treaty of Dover. Louis had a army of over 400,000. During this time an army of 400,000 Of just setting around...
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...Did you know that King George III was not expected to live when he was born? King George III was born on June 4, 1733 in London, England and he died on January 29, 1820 in Windsor, England. In this paper you will learn about King George III’s childhood, how he impacted the world, and other interesting facts about him. In this paragraph you will learn about King George III’s childhood. When he was born, the small boy was not expected to live so he was baptized the same day. At a young age he was educated by private tutors and he could speak many languages. He could speak German, English, and soon he would learn French. George was shy when he was a kid. John Stuart and Earl Bute helped him act more like a king by teaching him about...
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...King Luis XIV held the throne of Versailles for seventy-two years. Using a unique system of governing, everyone who was part of King Luis XIV's court lived inside the palace with him. The Palace of Versailles itself started off as a large hunting lodge with a small hamlet surrounding it, twenty-five miles from Paris France. Knowing that the palace was too small for his needs, King Luis XIV built extending wings to the palace to house his noble friends. During the construction, the workers were treated so horrible that three hospitals had to be built to keep up with all the injuries. King Luis XIV had himself painted in the place of many Greek heroes and legends to boost his self righteousness. He then claimed the Sun as his icon to represent...
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...Louis XIV was an absolute monarchy of France in 1643; at the mere age of five years old; the great throne was inherited. Keeping into full consideration of the kings age, a man named Cardinal Mazarin ruled in Louis XIV's place until his 23rd birthday. Louis XIV kept a wide eye on the nobility at Versailles; constantly eliminating the power of nobility. Nobles were dependent on royal favors and offices. Louis XIV gave a significant amount of power to his advisors, he made sure to choose his government officials wisely; those who were fully competent and loyal to only him. Not only was he a selective king, he drastically bolstered the French wealth with the generous assistance of Jean Baptiste Colbert; the Official Minister of Finance. Colbert...
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