English - FL Choose From The Given Options. {Unit} [Second Exam] [2 Marks]

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