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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.


The above two examples are ways in which contrast may be expressed. Combine the following sets of ideas to show the contrast between them.


(i) European art tries to achieve a perfect, illusionistic likeness.


(ii) Asian art tries to capture the essence of inner life and spirit.

European art tries to achieve perfect likeness whereas Asianet tries to capture a sense of in our life and spirit.


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(i) The masks from Bawa village in Mali look like long panels of decorated wood.

(ii) Judge H. Hobart Grooms told the jury panel he had heard the reports.


(iii) The panel is laying the groundwork for an international treaty.


(iv)The glass panels of the window were broken.


(v) Through the many round tables, workshops and panel discussions, a consensus was reached.


(vi)The sink in the hinged panel above the bunk drains into the head.

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(i) Their repetitive structure must have taught the people around the great composer the essence of music.

(ii) Part of the answer is in the proposition; but the essence is in the meaning.


(iii) The implications of these schools of thought are of practical essence for the teacher.


(iv) They had added vanilla essence to the pudding.

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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.


The above two examples are ways in which contrast may be expressed. Combine the following sets of ideas to show the contrast between them.


(i) The Emperor commissions a painting and appreciates its outer appearance.


(ii) The artist reveals to him the true meaning of his work.

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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.


The above two examples are ways in which contrast may be expressed. Combine the following sets of ideas to show the contrast between them.


(i) The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered.


(ii) The artist knows the way within.