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प्रश्न
(i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view, with examples.
(ii) Explain the concept of shanshui.
उत्तर
(i)
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The Chinese view of art |
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The European view of art |
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Enhances the essence of inner life and spirit. |
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Illustrates a perfect, illusionistic likeness in Europe. |
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This art wants you to enter the artist’s mind to explore new dimensions on a spiritual and conceptual space |
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Figurative painting which chooses to use a single viewpoint. |
(ii) Shanshui, meaning “mountain-water”, refers to a style of Chinese painting that involves natural landscapes, the landscape which is an inner one, a spiritual and conceptual space. It represents the two complementary poles ('yin' and 'young') reflecting the Daoist view of the universe.
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