Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.
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Answer:
The Chinese view of art is trying to. achieve the essence of inner life and spirit. ... The European view of art is to create illusionistic likeness. E.g., in 15th century a blacksmith had fallen in love with a painter's daughter: The father would not give his consent.
Explanation:
(i) The Chinese paintings are based on imaginative. inner or spritival 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.