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Chinese Painting

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

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

a)

To accurately represent the natural world

b)

To create a visual effect of colors and patterns

c)

To build a non-material world in their mind

d)

To follow the principle of perspective strictly

2.

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

a)

The mountain is the soul, and water is the face

b)

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

c)

Smoke and clouds are the bones

d)

Fishermen are the eyes of the landscape

3.

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

a)

Tang Dynasty

b)

Song Dynasty

c)

Ming Dynasty

d)

Yuan Dynasty

4.

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

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism

c)

Legalism

d)

Buddhism

5.

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

a)

Adherence to anatomical accuracy

b)

Integration of human emotion and nature

c)

Spiritual resonance with nature

d)

Use of “remoteness” in composition

6.

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

a)

Involvement in worldly affairs

b)

Serving as a government official

c)

Painting realistic landscapes

d)

Standing aloof from worldly affairs

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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.

10.

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

11.

Guo Xi compared water in a landscape to the (a)   of a mountain.

12.

Chinese artists believe that before painting, the subject must already be in the (a)   .

13.

The concept of “rushi” (入世) refers to involving oneself in ____ _____(世俗).

(a)  

14.

Different from Chinese painters, Western painters would like to achieve ______ effect of colors and _________ in their paintings.

(a)