Discuss the role of landscape in Song painting

What will be an ideal response?


Essay responses should include these points:
• Landscape painting became the most esteemed means of personal and philosophic expression.
• The landscape was believed to embody the underlying principle behind all things.
• Like the spiritual quest of the Dao, the artist's task was to reveal the unifying principle of the natural world.
• The imitation of perfect nature in the paintings of the period is seen as an imitation of "the Way," the path traveled to attain the great unifying principle.

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a. Michelangelo b. Carracci c. Masaccio d. Castagno

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The Holy Family refers to

a. Mary, Jesus, and God. b. Jesus, God, and the Holy Ghost. c. Joseph, Mary, and the Holy Ghost. d. God, Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. e. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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Defend your choice in the "style" of director (text, auteur, slash, thematic) that you might choose to direct a specific play

What will be an ideal response?

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Papyrus is a paper-like material made from plants growing near the Nile and used by ancient Egyptians as a drawing surface

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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