Слайд 2Sphinxes on the University embankment about 3,5 thousand years. Carved from syenite, they
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stood at the entrance to the majestic temple, built in Egypt near Thebes for Pharaoh Amenhotep III.
Слайд 3In 1832 the Sphinxes arrived in St. Petersburg. The first two years
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they spent in the courtyard of the Academy of Arts. So much time has gone to create a pier near its walls, the architect of which was Konstantin Ton. His place on the embankment of the Sphinx took in 1834.
Слайд 4Egyptian style
the manifestation of Egyptianism, a direction in European art, using elements
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of the art of Ancient Egypt