Show me the Summary of landscape of the soul written by nathalie trouveroy?

Answer 1

The writer contrasts Chinese art with European art by using two stories. The Tang Emperor Xuanzong commissioned the painter Wu Daozi to decorate a palace wall. When it was done the Emperor admired the scene. The painter drew the Emperor's attention to a cave and when he clapped his hands the entrance of the cave opened. The painter entered but before Emperor could move the entrance closed and the painting vanished, along with the artist. In another story, a painter wouldn't draw the eye of a dragon he had painted for fear it would fly out of the painting. The writer then cites a story representative of Western painting in which a master blacksmith Quinten Metsys fell in love with a painter's daughter. To be accepted as a son-in-law Quinten painted a fly on the painter's latest panel. When the painter tried to swat it away he realised the truth - Quinten was taken on as an apprentice and married his beloved.

These stories reveal what each form tries to achieve. The Europeans want a perfect illusionstic likeness while in Asia it is the essence of inner life and spirit. In the Chinese story only the artist knows the way within and he reaches his goal beyond material appearance. Unlike a Western figurative painting a classical Chinese landscape does not reproduce an actual view and one can enter it from any point and travel in it. It requires the active participation of the viewer both physically and mentally. Man becomes a conduit of communication or 'the eye of the landscape.'

Answer 2

this story is about the attachment of an artist with his/her art pieces,and the visualization of a new world in it.the first instance of an chinese painter Wu Daozi,who lived in the 18th century.his lat painting was a landscape which he made for the Tang emperor Xuanzong,when he presented his work in front of the king,the king admired the wonderful scenes.the painter then showed hi a cave and said that a spirit dwells there,and he clapped his hands as a result the door of the cave opened,the painter went in and the door shut behind him,leaving the astonised as the painting vanished in the next second.

this shows that for a spectator a painting is a mere piece of art,but for its painter it has life,and is his world.

another example is of a blacksmith Quinten Metsys who fellin love with a painter's daughter, ad so as to impress her father he drew such a realistic fly on his palette that the painter tried to swat it.this delicte realism impressed him ,&the master admitted him as his trainy.

this lesson also bring about a comparison between the European art form and the chinese painting style.the former wants the spectator to see his painting from is pt. of view,but the latter allows the spectator to take it as his own world.

there is also a great importance of the void inthe chinese paintings as imp.as in a pranayams.the chinese art deals much more on the landscape and evry part has a line by which u cabn go and come any time and its too wussy to see it