Chapter-4 Landscape Of The Soul
- (ii) Who was the ‘untutored genius who created a paradise’ and what is the nature of his contribution to art ? The ‘untutored genius’ is the 80-year-old Nek Chand who has created a paradise in the form of the world-famous Rock Garden at Chandigarh. He... 1
- (i) What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut or ‘raw art’ ? The concept of ‘art brut’ in the 1940’s was first originated by the French painter Jean Dubuffet. This genre is described as art of those wh... 1
- (ii) Explain the concept of ‘Shanshui’. The literal meaning of ‘Shanshui’ is ‘mountain-water’. When used together it represents the word ‘Landscape’. These are more than two elemen... 1
- (i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples The European view of art is to reproduce an actual view. A Western or European painting is ‘figurative’ or emblematic. The European painter... 1