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(i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the Europian view with examples.
The Chinese art is based on the imagination of the painter and is considered as the spirit resides in it that gives the essence of inner life. Where the Europian art is more about figurative paintings that are realistic and perfectly resemble with the real objects.
The Chinese painter Wu Daozi used to draw paintings from imagination and Quinten Metsys from Belgium painted a realistic fly to impress the father of the girl he had fallen in love with.
(ii) Explain the concept of Shanshui.
(i) What do you understand by the terms 'outsider art' and 'art brut' or 'raw art'?
Outsider art is described as the art of those who don't have the rights to be artists as they have received no formal training, yet show talent and artistic insights. Art brut or raw art includes the art works in their raw state as regards cultural and artistic influences.
(ii) Who was the 'untutored genius who created a paradise' and what is the nature of his contribution to art?
An 80-year-old creator-director, Nek Chand from India was the 'untutored genius who created a paradise'. He made a garden known to the world today as the 'Rock Garden' at Chandigarh. He contributed to outsider art, sculpted stones and used recycled materials.
Find out the correlates of Yin and Yang in other cultures.
Yin and Yang philosophy of the Chinese culture correlates to the Linga and Yoni symbolism of Hinduism.
1) Linga represents the male, the source of creation.
2) Yoni represents the female, the universal energy.
The following common words are used in more than one sense.
Panel, Studio, Brush, Essence, Material
Examine the following sets of sentences to find out what the words, 'panel' and 'essence' mean in different contexts.
1. (i) The masks from Bawa village in Mali look like long panels of decorated wood.
(ii) Judge H. Hobart Grooms told the jury panel he had heard the reports.
(iii) The panel is laying the groundwork for an international treaty.
(iv) The glass panels of the window were broken.
(v) Through the many round tables, workshops and panel discussions, a consensus was reached.
(vi) The sink in the hinged panel above the bunk drains into the head.
2. (i) Their repetitive structure must have taught the people around the great composer the essence of music.
(ii) Part of the answer is in the proposition, but the essence is in the meaning.
(iii) The implications of these schools of thought are of practical essence for the teacher.
(iv) They had added vanilla essence to the pudding.
1. (i) Rectangular piece of wood.
(ii) Group of people gathered to judge.
(iii) Group of experts.
(iv) Window panes.
(v) Group discussions.
(vi) Panel hinge fixed to a door.
2. (i) Gist of music.
(ii) The soul is in the meaning.
(iii) Practical importance.
(iv) Scent.
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