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The first part deals with the art of painting. There is mention of two stories in it. The first story is about Wu Daozi, a famous Chinese painter, who lived in the eighth century. He was a master painter and had been commissioned by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, to decorate a palace wall. He made a beautiful painting with high mountains, forests waterfalls, clouds floating in clear, big blue sky, men walking and working on hilly paths, birds in flight, and a cave situated at the foot of the mountain, where dwelt a spirit. As the painter was showing the painting to the emperor, he clapped hands; the entrance to the cave opened, the painter got in; the painting vanished and Wu Daozi never came out.

The disappearance of the painting from the wall signifies the knowledge of the spiritual inner world. Only the masters know the way within and can go beyond any material appearance.

In another famous story, a famous Chinese painter refused to draw the eye of a dragon he had painted for he feared it would fly out of the painting.

The third story in the first part is about Antwerp, a master blacksmith called Quinten Metsys fell in love with a painter’s daughter. The father would not accept a son-in-law in such a profession. However, Antwerp had to accept Quinten Metsys as his son in law because he painted a fly on his panel with such delicate realism that it looked real one.

The author also talks about Chinese philosophy shanshui, which means ‘mountain water’. The mountain represents ‘Yang’, the male principle; and water signifies Yin, the female principle.

In the second part the author writes about the concept of ‘art brut’, which means ‘the art of those who have ‘no right’ to be artists as they have received no formal training, yet show talent and artistic insight. They are artists who think out of the box. Their works are totally different from those of their predecessors. In simple terminology this art can be called ‘unorthodox art.’ In this section the author talks about Nek Chand’s creations. His creation of Rock Garden at Chandigarh is an expression of art brut.

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Anmol Yadav 7 years, 4 months ago

The summer of the beautiful white horse' has an unruly temperament. He does things on impulse and fabricate justification for his deeds. He steals John Byro's horse because he wants to enjoy riding it. But his justification is that he had just borrowed the horse and will return to its master eventually. Aram, his young cousin admires him for his wild nature and his expertise in handling a horse. According to Mourad,he had 'a way with the horse'. He at first doesn't answer any of Aram's questions clearly and Aram gets the idea that the horse was stolen. He is rather alarmed about Mourad's deed because he knows that Mourad had inherited some of the mad nature of uncle Khosrove, whom no one can control. This mad nature is evident in the way he rides the horse over the vines. He hides the horse in an abandoned farm house. All these appear to be madness to Aram but his love of horse riding prevented him from opposing Mourad; in stead, he finds consolation in the fact that they have no intention of selling the horse and in that way it is just borrowing. In spite of his mad behaviour, Mourad is touched with john Byro's unwavering trust in their tribe and just as he had taken the horse,he returns the horse to the farmer stealthily.

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