Landscape of the Soul
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NCERT Class 11 English Core Chapter-wise Solutions
English core Part I (Hornbill)
- 1 : The Portrait Of A Lady Summary
- 2 : A Photograph Summary
- 3 : We’re Not Afraid To Die…If We Can All Be Together Summary
- 4 : Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues Summary
- 5 : The Voice Of The Rain Summary
- 6 : The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role Summary
- 7 : The Browning Version Summary
- 8 : Childhood Summary
- 9 : Father To Son Summary
English core Part II (Snapshot)
- 1- The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
- 2- The Address
- 3- Ranga’s Marriage
- 4- Albert Einstein at School
- 5- Mother’s Day
- 6- The Ghat of the only World
- 7- Birth
- 8- The Tale of Melon City
NCERT Solutions for class 11 English Core Hornbill Landscape of the Soul
1. Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
i) anecdote
ii) illusionistic likeness
iii) delicate realism
iv) conceptual space
v) figurative painting
Page No: 38 Understanding the Text
1. (i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.
(ii) Explain the concept of shanshui.
2. (i)What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?
(ii) Who was the “untutored genius who created a paradise” and what is the nature of his contribution to art?
Talking about the Text
Discuss the following statements in groups of four.
1.“The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered, but only the artist knows the way within.”
2. “The landscape is an inner one, a spiritual and conceptual space.”
Thinking about the Language
1. Find out the correlates of Yin and Yang in other cultures.
Answer: The Indian culture lays stress on Nature and God. Nature is the ‘yen’ or female part whereas God the creator, is the male part. This concept also known as ‘Maya’ or Brahma’ The combination of two creates the whole world, all it objects and also inhabitants.
2. What is the language spoken in Flanders?
Working with Words
I. The following common words are used in more than one sense.
panel, studio, brush, essence, material
Examine the following sets of sentences to find out what the words, ‘panel’ and ‘essence’ mean in different contexts.
1. (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.
2. (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.