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. diagonal plunge into depth B. monumentality of the figures C. focus on clarity and simplicity D. muted color palette
Black Sabbath's songs deal with themes of
a. rejection of Christian tenets. b. gloomy working-class realities. c. suicidal youths. d. murder.