Chinese Painting

According to Paragraph 1, what is the main goal of traditional Chinese painters?

• To accurately represent the natural world
  

• To create a visual effect of colors and patterns
  

• To build a non-material world in their mind
  

• To follow the principle of perspective strictly

How does Guo Xi compare a painting to a human body?

• The mountain is the soul, and water is the face

• Water is the artery, and grass and plants are the hairs

• Smoke and clouds are the bones

• Fishermen are the eyes of the landscape

Which dynasty did Guo Xi, the author of Spirituality by Forest Stream, belong to?

• Tang Dynasty

• Song Dynasty

• Ming Dynasty

• Yuan Dynasty

What philosophical concept is closely related to the idea of “remoteness” in Chinese landscape painting?

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Legalism

• Buddhism

Which of the following is NOT a feature of traditional Chinese painting emphasized in the text?

• Adherence to anatomical accuracy

• Integration of human emotion and nature

• Spiritual resonance with nature

• Use of “remoteness” in composition

What does the term “chushi” (出世) refer to in the context of Chinese literati?

• Involvement in worldly affairs

• Serving as a government official

• Painting realistic landscapes

• Standing aloof from worldly affairs

The Chinese word for the notion of deliberately leaving empty space in a painting (aesthetic use of void) is “ (a)   .”(拼音即可)

Traditional Chinese painters most commonly used the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone — these are collectively known as the “Four Treasures of the (a)   .”

A painting tradition closely associated with scholar-officials and intellectuals that valued poetry, calligraphy, and painting together is called the “ (a)   ”(文人画) school or tradition.

In Dao De Jing, Laozi states that man is governed by earth, earth by heaven, heaven by Dao, and Dao ultimately by (a)   .