Unit 4 English - FL - Unit 4

The notion of ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’, was of works that were in their raw state as regards cultural and artistic influences. Anything and everything from a tin to a sink to a broken down car could be material for a work of art, something Nek Chand has taken to dizzying heights. Recognising his art as ‘an outstanding testimony of the difference a single man can make when he lives his dream’, the Swiss Commission for UNESCO will be honouring him by way of a European exposition of his works. : The five-month interactive show, ‘Realm of Nek Chand’, beginning October will be held at leading museums in Switzerland, Belgium, France and Italy. ‘The biggest reward is walking through the garden and seeing people enjoy my creation.’ Nek Chand says.
BRINDA SURI ’
Hindustan Times, 28 August 2005

Questions:
Q.1. What are ‘Art brut’ or ‘Raw art’?
A. ‘Graffitti’
B. ‘Naive art’.
C. ‘Fine art’
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. What could be material for ‘art brut’ as given in the passage ?
A. A tin
B. A sink
C. A broken down car
D. All of these three

Q.3. The meaning of the phrase ‘take to dizzying heights’ is …………………..
A. ‘bring a great glory’.
B. ‘let down something’.
C. ‘overlook something’.
D. ‘access something’.

Q.4. According to Nek Chand the biggest reward for his work is …………………
A. ‘the five-month interactive show’.
B. ‘people enjoy his creation walking through the garden’.
C. ‘honour given by UNESCO’.
D. ‘european exposition of his works’.

This concept is expressed as shanshui, literally ‘mountain-water’ which used together represent the world ‘landscape’. More than two’ elements of an image, these represent two complementary poles, reflecting the Daoist view of the universe. The mountain is Yang – reaching vertically towards Heaven, stable, warm, and dry in the sun, while the water is Yin – horizontal and resting on the earth, fluid, moist and cool.

The interaction of Yin, the receptive, feminine aspect of universal energy, and its counterpart Yang, active and masculine, is of course a fundamental notion of Daoism. What is often overlooked is an essential third element, the Middle Void where their interaction takes place. This can be compared with the yogic practice of pranayama; breathe in, retain, breathe out-the suspension of breath is the Void where meditation occurs. The Middle Void is essential – nothing can happen without it; hence the importance of the white, unpainted space in Chinese landscape.

Questions:
Q.1. The word ‘landscape’ is combination of …………….
A. ‘Shan’ and ‘Shui’.
B. Mountain and Water.
C. ‘Yang’ and ‘Yin’.
D. All of these three

Q.2. According to the Daoist view, ‘Yang’ is ……………….
A. vertical.
B. horizontal.
C. void.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.3. The interaction between ‘Yang’ and ‘Yin’ is compared with ……………..
A. Yog.
B. Pranayam.
C. Universal energy.
D. Void.

Q.4. The unpainted space in Chinese landscape is ……………………
A. The Middle Void.
B. Pranayam.
C. Yang.
D. Yin.

In fifteenth century Antwerp, a master blacksmith called Quinten Metsys fell in love with a painter’s daughter. The father would not accept a son-in-law in such a profession. So Quinten sneaked into the painter’s studio and painted a fly on his latest panel, with such delicate realism that the master tried to swat it away before he realised what had happened. Quinten was immediately admitted as an apprentice into his studio. He married his beloved and went on to become one of the most famous painters of his age. These two stories illustrate what each form of art is trying to achieve : a perfect, illusionistic likeness in Europe, the essence of inner life and spirit in Asia.

Questions:
Q.1. The girl’s father was not ready to get his daughter married with Quinten Metsys because ……………….
A. he was a road side painter.
B. he was a low-profile blacksmith.
C. he was not rich.
D. Both A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. The fly on the panel looked ……………….
A. so dirty that the master tried to swat it away.
B. so nice that the master wanted to get it painted on every wall of the palace.
C. so real that the master tried to swat it away.
D. All of these three

Q.3. What reward did Quinten Metsys get for his realistic painting?
A. He was admitted as an apprentice into the painter’s studio.
B. He was allowed to marry his beloved.
C. He was given a royal gift.
D. Both A’ and ‘B’

Q.4. What term is used in the passage for the art that Quinten Metsys performed by painting a fly on the palace wall?
A. Illusionistic
B. Delicate
C. Apprentice
D. Illustrate

A WONDERFUL old tale is told about the painter Wu Daozi, who lived in the eighth century.
His last painting was a landscape commissioned by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong to decorate a palace wall. The master had hidden his work behind a screen, so only the Emperor would see it. For a long while, the Emperor admired the wonderful scene, discovering forests, high mountains, waterfalls, clouds floating in an immense sky, men on hilly paths, birds in flight. ‘Look, Sire’, said the painter, ‘in this cave, at the foot of the mountain, dwells a spirit.’ The painter clapped his hands and the entrance to the cave opened.

‘The inside is splendid, beyond anything words can convey. Please let me show Your Majesty the way.’ The painter entered the cave; but the entrance closed behind him and before the astonished Emperor could move or utter a word, the painting had vanished from the wall. Not a trace of Wu Daozi’s brush was left-and the artist was never seen again in this world.

Questions:
Q.1. What did the emperor Xuanzong commission the landscape of Wu Daozi for ?
A. Ppreparing his last painting.
B. Decorating the palace wall.
C. Placing it in his court-room.
D. Bringing about awareness about painting.

Q.2. The subject of Wu Daozi’s painting was/were………………….
A. high mountains.
B. waterfalls.
C. clouds floating in an immense sky.
D. All of these three

Q.3. In the end ……………….
A. the painter disappeared.
B. the painting vanished from the wall.
C. the painting got spoiled.
D. Both A’ and ‘B’

Q.4. The word used to address the king with respect in the passage is ……………..
A. Sire. B. Your Majesty.
C. Emperor. D. Both A’ and ‘B’

A WONDERFUL old tale is told about the painter Wu Daozi, who lived in the eighth century.
His last painting was a landscape commissioned by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong to decorate a palace wall. The master had hidden his work behind a screen, so only the Emperor would see it. For a long while, the Emperor admired the wonderful scene, discovering forests, high mountains, waterfalls, clouds floating in an immense sky, men on hilly paths, birds in flight. ‘Look, Sire’, said the painter, ‘in this cave, at the foot of the mountain, dwells a spirit.’ The painter clapped his hands and the entrance to the cave opened.

‘The inside is splendid, beyond anything words can convey. Please let me show Your Majesty the way.’ The painter entered the cave; but the entrance closed behind him and before the astonished Emperor could move or utter a word, the painting had vanished from the wall. Not a trace of Wu Daozi’s brush was left-and the artist was never seen again in this world.

Questions:
Q.1. What did the emperor Xuanzong commission the landscape of Wu Daozi for ?
A. Ppreparing his last painting.
B. Decorating the palace wall.
C. Placing it in his court-room.
D. Bringing about awareness about painting.

Q.2. The subject of Wu Daozi’s painting was/were………………….
A. high mountains.
B. waterfalls.
C. clouds floating in an immense sky.
D. All of these three

In fifteenth century Antwerp, a master blacksmith called Quinten Metsys fell in love with a painter’s daughter. The father would not accept a son-in-law in such a profession. So Quinten sneaked into the painter’s studio and painted a fly on his latest panel, with such delicate realism that the master tried to swat it away before he realised what had happened. Quinten was immediately admitted as an apprentice into his studio. He married his beloved and went on to become one of the most famous painters of his age. These two stories illustrate what each form of art is trying to achieve : a perfect, illusionistic likeness in Europe, the essence of inner life and spirit in Asia.

Questions:
Q.1. The girl’s father was not ready to get his daughter married with Quinten Metsys because ……………….
A. he was a road side painter.
B. he was a low-profile blacksmith.
C. he was not rich.
D. Both A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. The fly on the panel looked ……………….
A. so dirty that the master tried to swat it away.
B. so nice that the master wanted to get it painted on every wall of the palace.
C. so real that the master tried to swat it away.
D. All of these three

This concept is expressed as shanshui, literally ‘mountain-water’ which used together represent the world ‘landscape’. More than two’ elements of an image, these represent two complementary poles, reflecting the Daoist view of the universe. The mountain is Yang – reaching vertically towards Heaven, stable, warm, and dry in the sun, while the water is Yin – horizontal and resting on the earth, fluid, moist and cool.

The interaction of Yin, the receptive, feminine aspect of universal energy, and its counterpart Yang, active and masculine, is of course a fundamental notion of Daoism. What is often overlooked is an essential third element, the Middle Void where their interaction takes place. This can be compared with the yogic practice of pranayama; breathe in, retain, breathe out-the suspension of breath is the Void where meditation occurs. The Middle Void is essential – nothing can happen without it; hence the importance of the white, unpainted space in Chinese landscape.

Questions:
Q.1. The word ‘landscape’ is combination of …………….
A. ‘Shan’ and ‘Shui’.
B. Mountain and Water.
C. ‘Yang’ and ‘Yin’.
D. All of these three

Q.2. According to the Daoist view, ‘Yang’ is ……………….
A. vertical.
B. horizontal.
C. void.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

The notion of ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’, was of works that were in their raw state as regards cultural and artistic influences. Anything and everything from a tin to a sink to a broken down car could be material for a work of art, something Nek Chand has taken to dizzying heights. Recognising his art as ‘an outstanding testimony of the difference a single man can make when he lives his dream’, the Swiss Commission for UNESCO will be honouring him by way of a European exposition of his works. : The five-month interactive show, ‘Realm of Nek Chand’, beginning October will be held at leading museums in Switzerland, Belgium, France and Italy. ‘The biggest reward is walking through the garden and seeing people enjoy my creation.’ Nek Chand says.
BRINDA SURI ’
Hindustan Times, 28 August 2005

Questions:
Q.1. What are ‘Art brut’ or ‘Raw art’?
A. ‘Graffitti’
B. ‘Naive art’.
C. ‘Fine art’
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. What could be material for ‘art brut’ as given in the passage ?
A. A tin
B. A sink
C. A broken down car
D. All of these three

( conduit, essential, fundamental, Universe)
This is also where Man finds a …………..………….. role. In that space between Heaven and Earth, he becomes the …………………… of communication between both poles of the …………………….. His presence is ………….………….. even if it’s only suggested; far from being lost or oppressed, by the lofty peaks, he is, in Francois Cheng’s wonderful expression, “the eye of the landscape”.

(appearance, commissions, reveals, territory)
In the Chinese story, the Emperor ………………………….. a painting and appreciates its outer ………………… But the artist ……………………….. to him the true meaning of his work. The Emperor may rule over the ……………………….. he has conquered but only the artist knows the way within “Let me show the Way”, the ‘Dao’, a word that means both the path or the method and the mysterious works of the Universe.

(suggested, conduit, essential, fundamental, expression, Universe, oppressed, landscape)
This is also where Man finds a …………..1………….. role. In that space between Heaven and Earth, he becomes the …………2………… of communication between both poles of the …………3………….. His presence is ………….4………….. even if it’s only ……………5………………; far from being lost or ……………6……………. by the lofty peaks, he is, in Francois Cheng’s wonderful …………….7…………, “the eye of the ……………8………….”.

(appearance, mysterious, conquered, commissions, reveals, method, within, territory)
In the Chinese story, the Emperor ……………1…………….. a painting and appreciates its outer …………2………… But the artist ……………3………….. to him the true meaning of his work. The Emperor may rule over the ……………4………….. he has ……………..5………….., but only the artist knows the way …………..6 …………… “Let me show the Way”, the ‘Dao’, a word that means both the path or the …………..7………….. , and the …………..8…………. works of the Universe.

Who was the ‘untutored genius who created a paradise’ and what is the nature of his contribution to art?

What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?

Explain the concept of shanshui.

Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.

What is the language spoken in Flanders ?

(suggested, conduit, essential, fundamental, Universe, oppressed)
This is also where Man finds a ____ Q.1. ____ role. In that space between Heaven and Earth, he becomes the ____ Q.2. ____ of communication between both poles of the ____ Q.3. ____ His presence is ____ Q.4. ____ even if it’s only ____ Q.5. ____ ; far from being lost or ____ Q.6. ____ by the lofty peaks, he is, in Francois Cheng’s wonderful expression, “the eye of the landscape”.

(appearance, conquered, commissions, reveals, within, territory)
In the Chinese story, the Emperor ____ Q.1. ____ a painting and appreciates its outer ____ Q.2. ____ But the artist ____ Q.3. ____ to him the true meaning of his work. The Emperor may rule over the ____ Q.4. ____ he has ____ Q.5. ____ , but only the artist knows the way ____ Q.6. ____ “Let me show the Way”, the ‘Dao’, a word that means both the path or the method, and the mysterious works of the Universe.

Its 80 year old creator director Nek Chand is now hailed as Indias biggest contributor to outsider art

The concept is expressed as Shanshui literally mountain water which used together represent the word landscape

Look Sire said the painter in this cave at the foot of the mountain dwells a spirit

She felt oppressed and discouraged in such s an unfriendly environment, (worried and uncomfortable, self-satisfied, reluctant)

The invention took the scientist to dizzying heights, (the peak of mountain, very high level of success, a great setback).

Uttam was greatiy hailed for his extra-ordinary performance. (praised, condemned, supported) ?

I managed to sneak in through the back door while she wasn’t looking. (come out, leave, enter secretly)

Patient: “I slipped I have pain in my ankle. It is aching”.
Doctor: Your ankle is swollen badly. It looks like a sprain. You better go in for an X-Ray.

Passenger: Please give me three tickets to Paris. How much is it?
Conductor: Six dollars a ticket.
Passenger: Okay. Here’s six dollars.

Teacher: Akram, why were you absent yesterday ?
Akram: Yesterday I had cold and fever, sir. I couldn’t inform you beforehand.
Teacher: That’s okay. Take care of your health.

Jems: The day after tomorrow you will receive the money.
Robert: I need the money today, not the day after tomorrow.
Jems: Forgive me, I can’t pay you today.

Policeman: “I hope your friend comes around all right.” “Are you going to wait for some time.”
Daniel: “I’ll give him half an hour.”
Policeman: “Good night Sir” said the policeman passing on along 4s beat, examining doors as he went.

Let me show the way. (Change the Voice.)

What is often overlooked is an essential third element. (Make it Simple.)

Nek Chand is now hailed as India’s biggest contributor to outsider art. (Change the Degree.)

‘Outsider art’ – has become the fastest growing area of interest in contemporary art. (Change the Degree.)

This can be compared with the Yogic practice of pranayama. (Change the Voice.)