1.Who was Wu Daozi ?
Ans: Wu Daozi was a
painter who lived in the 8th Century.
2.What was the last
painting of Wu Daozi ?
Ans: The last painting of Wu Daozi was a landscape
commissioned by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, to decorate a palace wall.
3..Where did the
master hide the painting ?
Ans: The master had hidden the painting behind a screen that
the Emperor would only see it.
4.What were the
things that the Emperor admire in the paintings ?
Or: What were the things or sceneries involved in the
paintings ?
Ans: The Emperor admired the wonderful scene, discovering
forests, high mountains, waterfalls, clouds floating in an immense sky, men on
hilly paths, and birds in flight.
5.What was the
mysterious thing that availed in the foot of the mountain ?
Ans: In the cave at the foot of the mountain, there
dwelled/was a spirit.
6.Write the story of
Wu Daozi and the painting.
Ans: Once upon a time, there was a famous painter named Wu
Daozi. He decorated/made a palace wall with a landscape which was
commissioned/ordered by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong. The master had hidden the painting behind a
screen so that only the Emperor would see it. The emperor admired at the
natural sceneries of the landscape. The painter mentioned the Emperor that
there was a spirit in the cave at the foot of the mountain. After that, the
painter clapped his hands and the entrance to the cave opened. After a moment,
the painter entered the cave but the entrance closed behind him. Before the
Emperor could move or utter a word, the painting had vanished from the wall.
Also, not a trace/sign of Wu Daozi’s brush was left and the artist was never
seen again in this world.
7.Name any two books that found the China’s classical
education./that about the spirit story.
Ans: The books of
Confucius and Zhuangzi are two most famous books that found the China’s
classical education./that about the spirit story.
8.What was the name
of the master blacksmith ?
Ans: The name of the master blacksmith was Quinten Metsys.
9. Differentiate the Chinese Art and European Art.
Or Contrast the Chinese Art and European Art.
Ans: There are some different characters between the Chinese
art and European Art, these are as follows:
1.The Chinese art deeply reveals about the story of the
spirit.
2.The classical Chinese art is not meant an actual view
instead only a figurative art.
3.The Chinese art is not so much actual reality and
not realism but imagination.
4.Chinese art is not always meant a single point of view but
some external themes or things which are not real.
On the other hand-
5.Europen art borrows eyes as an actual view that can be
seen by eyes and internally true.
6.The European Art provides the active participation as a
viewer.
10.What are the two
words that represent the ‘word’ landscape?
Ans: The ‘Shanshui’ literally means ‘mountain-water’, these
two words together represent the word ‘Landscape’.
11. write the meaning
of ‘Shanshui’ / What is the meaning of the word ‘Shanshui’ ?
Ans: Shanshui literally means ‘mountain-water’.
12. Write the meaning
of Yang and Yin of a landscape.
Ans: The word, ‘Mountain-water’ is used together to represent
the word ‘landscape’. The mountain is Yang which reaching vertically towards
Heaven, stable, war, and dry in the sun. On the other hand, the water is Yin
which horizontal and resting on the earth, fluid, moist and cool.
13. What is compared
with yang and yin?
Ans: Yang and yin are compared with the yogic practice of pranayama breath in, retrain and breath
out.
14. Write the story
of the blacksmith “Quinten Metsys”.
Ans: There was a master blacksmith named Quinten Metsys. He
fell in love with a painter’s daughter. But, he knew that her father would not
accept as son-in-law in such a profession. So, he entered the painter’s studio and painted a
fly on his latest panel. That was realism and awesome. When the master tried to
swat (beat) it away but he could not as that was just paint. The painter
admired on it and the blacksmith married his beloved.
15. When did and who moot the concept of ‘art brut’?
Ans: French painter Jean Dubuffet mooted the concept ‘art
brut’ in the 1940’s.
16.What is ‘art brut’ or raw art or outsider Art ?
Ans: The genre ‘art brut’ or raw art or outsider Art is
described as the art of those people who have ‘no right’ to be artists, who
have not received formal training yet they show talent and artistic insight in
their arts. Anything and everything from a tin to a sink to a broken down car
could be material for a work of this art.
As example, Dubuffet began clearing
to make himself a garden sculpted with stone and recycled material is known to
the world today as the ‘Rock Garden’, at Chandigarh.
17.Who and how did Rock Garden make/create ?
Ans: , Dubuffet began clearing to make himself a garden
sculpted with stone and recycled material is known to the world today as the ‘Rock
Garden’, at Chandigarh.
18.Who is the biggest contribution of outsider art ? Write a few lines
about him.
Ans: eighty years old creator and director, Nek Chand is now
the biggest contribution of outisider art. The fiftieth issue (Spring 2005) of
Raw Vision, a UK-based magazine pioneer in outsider art publications, features
Nek Chand. Also, his Rock Garden sculptures ‘Women by the Waterfall’ on its
anniversary issue’s cover.
19.What was the universal organization honoring Nek Chand ?
Ans: The Swiss Commission for UNESCO was the universal organization
which honoring Nek Chand for his arts.
20.Write the places of ‘Realm of Nek Chand’ that held at ?
Ans: The five-month interactive show, ‘Realm of Nek Chand’ began
on October and hold on leading museums in Switzerland, Belgium, France and
Italy.
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