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. In the Chinese story, the
emperor commissions a painting and appreciates its outer appearance. But the artist reveals
to him the true meaning of his work. The emperor may rule over the territory he has
conquered, but only the artist knows the way within. “Let me show the Way”, the ‘Dao‘a word
that means both the path or the method, and the mysterious works of the Universe. The
painting is gone, but the artist has reached his goal-beyond any material appearance.
A classical Chinese landscape is not meant to reproduce an actual view, as would a Western
figurative painting. Whereas the European painter wants you to borrow his eyes and look at
a particular landscape exactly as he saw it, from a specific angle, the Chinese painter does not
choose a single viewpoint. His landscape is not a ‘real’ one, and you can enter it from any
point.
1. What do the two forms of art depict?
a. It depicts nothing.
b. A perfect illusionistic likeness in Asia, the essence of inner life and spirit in
Europe.
c. Perfect art form in Asia and realness in Europe.
d. A perfect, illusionistic likeness in Europe, the essence of inner life and spirit in
Asia.
2. The word ‘Dao’ means ___________.
a. Perfection of art
b. Both the path and the method
c. Mystery involved in the art method
d. Royal road to art
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