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Class 11 English Landscape of the soul

Class 11 English Landscape of the soul by Nathalle Trouveroy


শব্দাৰ্থঃ- Word meaning
Tale- কাহিনী
Century- শতাব্দী
Commissioned- উন্মোচন কৰা, নিয়োগ কৰা
Palace wall- ৰাজপ্ৰসাদৰ দেৱাল
waterfalls- জলপ্রপাত
immense- বিশাল
sire- ছাৰ, মাহশয়
dwell- বাস কৰা
clap- হাৰ চাপৰি বজোৱা
splendid- অতি সুন্দৰ
your maiesty- মহাৰাজ, জাহাপনা
astonished- আচৰিত হৈছিল
vanished- অদৃশ্য হৈছিল
classical- ধ্রুপদী, পুৰণি কালৰ
anecdote- ঘটনা
dragon- দৈত্য
representative- প্রতিনিধিস্বৰূপ
profession- বৃত্তি
sneak- চোৰৰ দৰে মনে মনে প্রৱেশ কৰা
delicate- সুন্দৰ
realism- বাস্তৱবাদ
apprentice- শিক্ষা নবিচ, ছাত্র
illustrate- ব্যাখ্যা কৰা
essence- সাৰ ভাগ, মূল বস্তু
appreciate- মূল বুজি পোৱা, বৰকৈ প্রশংসা কৰা
territory- অঞ্চল, দেশ
conquer- জয় কৰা
universe- বিশ্ব ব্রহ্মাণ্ড
reproduce- পুনৰ সৃষ্টি কৰা
figurative painting- প্রতীকধর্মী ছবি
specific angle- বিশেষ দৃষ্টিকোণ
leisurely- লাহে-ধীৰে
horizontal- আনুভূমিক
scroll- মেৰুৱাই থোৱা কাগজ
dimension- দিশ, আয়তন, পৰিমাণ
viewer- দর্শক
conceptual space- ধাৰণাৰ জগত
literally- আক্ষৰিক অর্থত
image- ছবি
pole- মেৰু
stable- দৃঢ়, স্থিৰ
fluid- তৰল
aspect- ৰেহ-ৰূপ
counterpart- প্রতিলিপি
masculine- পুৰুষ জাতীয়
fundamental- মৌলিক
notion- ধাৰণা। overlook- অৱজ্ঞা কৰা
essential- অতি দৰকাৰী
interaction- পাৰম্পৰিক ক্রিয়া
yogic- যোগ সম্বন্ধীয়
retain- ৰখা, থকা
meditation- ধ্যান।
conduit- বৈ যোৱা মাধ্যম
lofty- বৰ ওখ
peak- শৃঙ্গ, শিখৰ
mooted- উলিয়াইছিল, উপস্থাপন কৰিছিল
genre- ধৰণ, শৈলী
mainstream- মূল সূতি
genius- প্রতিভা
untutored- অপ্ৰশিক্ষিত, প্ৰশিক্ষণবিহীন
paradise - স্বৰ্গ
stimulating- অনুপ্ৰাণিত
propound- উত্থাপন কৰা
contributor- অৱদানকাৰী pioneer- পথ-প্রদর্শক
anniversary issue- বার্ষিক সংখ্যা
raw state- অপৈণত অৱস্থা
outstanding- ওলাই থকা
exposition- প্রকাশ কৰণ
creation- সৃষ্টি
realm- ৰাজ্য, অঞ্চল

1. What did the Emperor Xuanzong Commission Wu Daozi to do? HS-2011
Ans:- the Emperor Xuanzong Commissioned Wu Daozi to paint a landscape to decorate a palace wall.

2. How has Nek Chand received international recognition? HS-2011 2
Ans:-Nek Chand has won worldwide recognition for his unique creation of Art frut or outsider art. With the help of stone and recycled material, he created a paradise in the form of Rock Garden in Chandigarh. The Swiss Commission organised a European exhibition in 2005 on Nek Chand's works of art. Thus Nek Chand by virtue of his untutored talent won international recognition.


3. What do you understand by the terms 'Outsider art and art brut' or raw art?
Ans:- A French painter by the name of Jean Dubuffet coined the concept of 'art brut' or 'raw art' in 1940s. Outsiders art' means those art who have not received formal traning or they have no right to be arists yet they show talent and artistic insight. So, Art brut or raw art is the art formed by the untrained artists. Nek Chand of India is a renowned artist of this genre of the art.
    

4. What is the concept of 'Shanshui'? HS-2012,2018
Ans:- In the Chinese painting the landscape is called Shanshui which literary means 'mountain water'. Mountain and water together represent the word lamdscape. They represent two complementary poles of reflecting the Daoist view of the universe. The mountain is 'Yang'. It stands vertically towards heaven. It is stable, warm and dry. 'Yin' is water. It stays horizontally resting on the earth. The latter is the receptive counterpart and both the two meets at a point called the middle void. Nothing can happen without it. This can be compared with the Pranayam in Yogic practice.

5. Who was Wu Daozi? HS-2013
Ans:-Wu Daozi was a reputed Chinese painter of the eight century.

6. What did Wu Daozi paint for the emperor? HS-2016
Ans:- Wu Daozi painted a beautiful landscape for the emperor Xuanzong to decorate a palace wall.

7. Describe and contrast the features of the Chinese and the European art landscapes. HS-2015, 2016
(or) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view? HS-2017
Ans:-The Chinese paintings are based on imaginative, inner or spiritual approach  whereas the European paintings are based on an actual view of an external or real object. The paintings of the Wu daozi and mater painters of Europe illustrate the difference.

8. What do ‘mountain' and 'Water' represent in Shanshui? HS-2014
Ans:- Shanshui literally means 'mountain water' that represents 'landscape'. Mountain is Yang, that is stable, warm, dry and reaches vertically towards the heaven. While the water is Yin that is fluid, moist, cool and horizontally resting on earth.

9. Who was Jean Dubuffet? What concept of art did he propound? HS-2012
Ans:-Jean Dubuffet was a renouned french painter.
    He propounded the concept of 'art brut' or 'raw art'.


10. What is the Daoist concept of 'Shanshui' and Daoist view of the universe? HS-2015
(or) What is the Daoist view of the universe? HS-2014

Ans:- The Daoist view of the universe is expressed through the concept of 'Shanshui'. It means the 'mountain-water', which are used to represent the word 'landscape' and also the third element, middle void, which if often overlooked. Middle Void is the empty space where their interaction takes place.


Syllabus of Class 11 English
Prose

1. The Portrait of a Lady by Khushwant Singh

2. 
Landscape of the soul

3. The Ailing Planet

4. 
My impression of Assam

 Poem

5.  A Photograph by Shirley Toulson

6. The Voice of the Rain by Walt Whitman

7. Childhood

8. Father to son

Supplimentary - Short Stories

9. Ranga Marraige


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