Hornbill - 11, Lesson - 3 Landscape Of The Soul - Nathalie Trouveroy Glossary, Summary, Questions, And Answers Glossary - 1. anecdote - sh...
Hornbill - 11, Lesson - 3
Landscape Of The Soul - Nathalie Trouveroy
Glossary, Summary, Questions, And Answers
Glossary -
1. anecdote - short part of the nature
2. revealing - make to know or show
3. sneaked - go secretly or silently
4. delicate realism - an art that appears to be real
5. swat - to remove
6. illusionistic likeness - an illusion to an eye
7. figurative painting - any form of modern art that retains strong references to the real world
8. conceptual space - a metric space consisting of several quality dimensions, unreal
9. shanshui - mountain water
10. void - empty space
11. mooted - raised, created
12. veiled - slow, hidden
13. propounding - put forward
14. hailed - approved
15. dizzying - surprising, amazing
16. realm - field, area
Summary - The lesson, " Landscape of the soul" is authored by Nathalie Trouverof where he expresses different art forms that have different dimensions, something unreal, spiritual, exceptionally well and beyond our imaginations and to understand or study, either one has to borrow an eye of the painter who made it or simply enter into his mind, as the author differentiated between European and Chinese painting or art form. He especially laid stress on Chinese paintings where he quoted an example of a painter Wu Daozi, who simply amazed his emperor Tang Xuanzong by creating a piece of fantastic art to decorate palace walls and to show the way to enter the painting. he suddenly vanished. Another example is given of a master blacksmith called Quinten Metsys who fell in love with a painter's daughter and with his extraordinary skills in painting he finally married his beloved and became the most famous painter of his age.
In the lesson, he made a contrast between two art forms and they are European and Chinese, in the first art form one has to borrow the painter's eye and in the later art form, one needs to enter into the painter's mind to read the painting. Here he is highlighting the notion of Daoism which tells us that on the canvas of such landscapes, two different dimensions happen to meet such as the mountain and the earth, two complementary poles compared with masculine and feminine entities.
Also, he talked about another art form, the "outsider art" concept raised by the French painter, Jean Dubuffet in the 1940s which can be described as the art of those who have, "no right" to be artists as they have received no formal training. In this art form, Indian artist, creator, and director Nek Chand made a rock garden sculpture made of broken bangles whose art form is being appreciated worldwide.
Understanding the text -
1. Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.
Ans - Chinese paintings are created based on imagination, conceptual, and spirituality. It has different dimensions has an inner approach and one needs to enter the painter's mind to read or study the paintings, normally away from the real world, Wu Daozi's painting decorated on the palace wall is an example of it, whereas European paintings are reproduction of real-world or a piece of the natural landscape and Quinten Metsys's painting of fly is an example of it.
2. Explain the concept of, "Shanshui"?
Ans - The concept of, "Shanshui" literally means, "mountain water" which is used together to represent the word landscape. More than two elements of an image, these represent two complementary poles, reflecting the Daoist view of the universe. The mountain is, the "yang" reaching vertically towards heaven, stable, warm, and dry in the sun, while the water is, the "yin" horizontal and resting on the earth, fluid, moist, and cool. Actually, "Shanshui" is the interaction of two different entities on a particular landscape.
3. What do you understand by the terms, "outsider art" and, "art brut" or, "raw art"?
Ans - As the name suggests, " outsider art", is the art form or any piece of art made by those who are not artists or painters as they have not received any formal training but still have a great inclination towards art forms. This concept was raised by the French painter Jean Dubuffet in the 1940s, and today it is worldwide recognized and appreciated because anything and everything from a tin to a sink to a broken car could be material for a work of art.
4. Who was the " untutored genius who created a paradise" and what is the nature of his contribution to art?
Ans - Nek Chand was the " untutored genius who created a paradise", an 80-year-old creator-director who made the world-famous Rock Garden at Chandigarh by using broken bangles, and his mastery lies that he could use anything or everything for his art forms like tin, and a sink, a broken down car, broken bangles or any waste material and his sculpture, " Women by the Waterfall" was a masterpiece. While honouring him, UNESCO mentioned it as " an outstanding testimony of the difference a single man can make when he lives his dream".
Talking about the text -
Discuss the following statements in groups of four.
1. The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered, but only the artist knows the way within.
Ans - The meaning of the above statement is that, even though the Emperor is the most powerful person in his territory and can run his kingdom as per his way and wish, in the case of any artistic creation, the artist is more powerful than the Emperor, because, without his help and guidance, the Emperor would not know, what the creation is all about, only the creator knows the path and the method to enter the art piece.
2. The landscape is an inner one, a spiritual and conceptual space.
Ans - In the lesson, this sentence is said about the Chinese landscape which has these dimensions, and in this landscape, the artist wants you to enter his mind not to borrow his eyes as in the case of the European art form, and from any angle and at any point one can enter the painting, it does not have a single viewpoint. It requires the active participation of the viewer and one can scroll vertically and horizontally to enjoy the art piece. The landscape is not real but based on the creative imagination of the artist.
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