NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English (Hornbill) Chapter 4 Landscape of the Soul

Ans : Anecdote : From the text, the meaning of anecdote can be inferred as a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or exciting nature. 
Delicate realism : It refers to the alluring quality of the art which makes it seem real. It is an interest in or concern for the actual or real as opposed to abstract. illusionistic. Likeness : It refers to an adjective of the technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. The reference is to an illusion created by the semblance of something. 
Figurative painting : A figurative painting refers to the metaphoric representation of a piece of art, through the eyes of the creator's imagination. 
Conceptual space : It refers to relation with the abstract than the factual representation. This is the incalculable dimension of the understanding of concepts. 

Ans : (i) The Chinese paintings are based on imaginative, inner or spritiual approach whereas the european paintings reproduce an actual view, of an external or real object. The paintings of Wu daozi and mater painters of Europe illustrate the difference. 
(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. 

Ans : (i) 'Outsiders art' refers to those art who have no right to be artists as they have received no formal training yet show talent and artistic insight. Art brut' or 'raw art' are the works of art in their raw state as regards cultural and artistic influences. 
(ii) The “untutored genius" who created “paradise” was Nek Chand an year old creator- director who made the world famous rock garden at Chandigarh. His was an 'outsider art' in which he sculpted with stone and recycled materials. He used anything and everything from a tin to a sink to a broken down car to form an artistic piece One of his famous creations are Women by the Waterfall' 

Ans : 1. This sentence explains the fact that even though an Emperor might rule an entire kingdom and have power over his conquered territory, only an artist would be able to go beyond any material appearance. He knows both the path and the method of the mysterious work of the universe. True meaning of his work can be seen only by means known to him. irrespective of how powerful an emperor is.
2. This phrase explains The Chinese art from where a Chinese painter wants you to enter his mind rather than borrow his eyes, This is a physical as well as a mental participation, It is a landscape created by the artist to travel up and down. and back again. through the viewer's eyes. The landscape is not ‘real' and can be reached from any point. 

Ans : The Indian culture lays stress on Nature and God. Nature is the •yen' or female part whereas God the creator, is the male part. This concept also known as •Maya' or Brahma' The combination of two creates the whole world, all it objects and also inhabitants.