What philosophical reasons could we give to the method of "multi-perspective" in Chinese paintings?
A. Traditionally in China everyone is against monotony and routine, in art, one expresses this rebellious attitude towards monotony and routine by having more than one perspective.
B. They believed that Dao gave life to ten thousand things, so to understand Dao we need to analyze those many things and in art, we can do that by having several perspectives.
C. They understood that many things in the world are "fixed," but in art, we can make things alive by giving them some movement, by providing several perspectives.
D. Chinese seek to find dynamic Dao in the movements. Thus an artist tries to express Dao dynamics by constantly changing that point of perspective in the painting
Why are just two black and white colors preferred to multiple colors in paintings?
A. In ancient times, it used to be expensive to produce different colors and Chinese as pragmatical people liked frugality.
B. Not black and white, but black, red and white Chinese artists prefer in paintings.
C. Multiple colors represent chaos - the opposite of Dao, this why should be avoided.
D. Two colors - black and white - are related to Daoist ideals of simplicity and authenticity, they represent the reality as it is. Also, a line or a shape is valued more than color.
Do Chinese painters strive to present the things of daily reality exactly how they are? Why?
A. No, they do not, because for Chinese people painting was almost like a magic power that may change our daily reality.
B. No, they do not, because Daoists do not believe in the importance of daily reality, and try to escape from by drawing imaginary paintings.
C. Yes, they do, because Confucianism strongly influenced the art of painting, and they being very pragmatical believed that even paintings one should represent the reality as close as one can.
D. Yes, because they are good at observing and imitating the shape of the real world. Thus they always strive for perfection in paintings.
The legend about the dragon says that
A. when two dragons fly together in the sky it is a dangerous omen for the state.
B. do not be afraid of the dragons, because the fiercest dragon lies hidden behind your own selfishness.
C. when the painter added eyes to an almost finished and perfect painting of a dragon, that dragon suddenly became alive and flew into the air.
D.the person who loved collecting pictures of dragons, was scared to death when an actual dragon peeked at him from a window.