[subash_r]

Originally Posted by scorpionsudhir

RC-20:

My take...
206.D--
207.A--
208.D-
209.B--
210.C--
211.A--
212.C--

[rupam_1987]

My take on RC 20...
206. D
207. A
208. D
209. B
210. C
211. B
212. E

[aryan007]

Rc-20

d
a
d
b
c
b
a

11 mins

[CYLele]

My answers for RC-20 are

206 - d
207 - a
208 - d
209 - b
210 - c
211 - a
212 - c

[aryan007]

RC:

Art as a disclosure of the deeper reality of things is a form of knowledge. It is imitation, as Aristotle observed in the Poetics, not of outward nature but of inner reality. Poetic objectivity is not photographic realism and Aristotle is right when he avers categorically that Poetry is more philosophy than history. The mind of the artist is always at work, aiming at a definite purpose. He discerns within the visible world something more real than its outward appearance, some idea or form of the true, the good or the beautiful, which is more akin to the spirit itself than to the visible things. This idea or form, this meaning or value is not an added grace or refinement, but the very heart of the object itself. Poetic truth is a discovery, not a creation. Croce denies that poetry reveals the nature of reality. It is an expression of a personal mood and the poet deceives himself if he claims that in his receptive mood he knows and in his creative mood he expresses the nature of reality. Poetry is essentially self-expression. Even Croce admits that art is intuition and intuition is always of the real external universe. It follows that poetic intuition also gives us a kind of knowledge. Besides, art can be said to give us subjective impression. Even science and common sense do not give us knowledge, the sensible is not real. The man with the sight knows more than the blind man. Even conceived, we cannot be sure that our apprehension of reality is knowledge of reality. The sensible act is independent of the observer. The color of the rose exists only for one who has the human sense of sight. The scientific picture of the universe again depends on our ways of knowing. Fragrance, colors are relative to the observer. All knowledge, perceptual or conceptual, is the meeting ground of the subject and object.

Poetic truth is different from the scientific truth since it reveals in its qualitative uniqueness and not quantitative universality. It does not speak of material qualities that can be measured but inward graces that can be felt only. The truths of poetry cannot be set out in elaborate arguments but are conveyed more subtly. To behold the vision is to be convinced of the truth. Deepest poetry has the widest appeal. What the scientists do when they discover a land is to give a new ordering to observed facts. The artist is engaged in a similar task. He gives a new meaning to our experience and organizes it in a different way due to his perception of subtler qualities in reality.

The greatest gifts of art are peace and reconciliation. Every beautiful statue has a certain air of repose; every great poem conveys a sense of peace. It is no use discussing a work of art by the standards of intellect and dismissing its characters and events as purely imaginary. The particular persons and events in a play may not be existent and yet the play may have an external meaning and a value. The imagined persons and events may be fictions and yet they help us to understand reality. Fanciful forms may reveal a quality of life. After all the play is the thing and the rest are shadows. It is the function of the artist to induce in us a sense of the significance of life. It is not the function of the art to give a detailed justification of particular events. It only gives a sense of the meaningfulness of life, evokes in us ideas of larger beauty, justice and reality of the universe. The artist does not turn his back on the realities of the world. He knows its sorrows and sufferings as well as its virtues and its victories, the wrongs and cruelties are there but there is no need for alarm. The universe is sound at the core. The darkness of the world is painted but it does not depress us. When we read a great play like Hamlet or king Lear of Shakespeare, it seems the mysteries of the world are nearly revealed to us. The poet shares the knowledge, which he has accumulated in the whole span of life. The outward world may be calamitous but the mind is left restful.

The author of the Bhagavad-Gita tells us that the superior soul is he who experiences the intensest pain and pleasure without being affected by them. Only such seasoned souls can see life always. Our sweetest songs are of our saddest thoughts. We give in a song what we learn in suffering.

Aesthetic appreciation demands the exercise of the whole mind and not merely of the logical understanding.We cannot tr uly appreciate if we are not aided by a higher insight. We must share the world, which the artist presents to us. Schopenhauer suggests that the artists send us their eyes and we see with them. Appreciation requires sympathy and understanding though not belief and agreement. We often become disinterested and contemplative. Aesthetic creation and enjoyment are both non-intellectual actions.

He craves for inward truthfulness, utter sincerity, and not conventional propriety. He is fighting for the
reshaping of his society on sounder lines and society judges all acts according to well common standards. It regards men as machines and all of us slaves of a mechanical system of ideas.


1. The passage answers all the below given questions except

A. Can art and science be judged on a common yardstick of objectivity and quantifiability?
B. Does the pain and sufferings of the world render the poet and the artist restless?
C. Does the apparent suitability of art in all its forms offer a real assessment of life?
D. Is art objective in providing knowledge of the universe like science?
E. Does art need intellect or imagination?


2. How does the author proceed to establish the role of a poet/artist in materialistic society vis-à-vis that of a scientist?

A. It is the poet and the artist who fuels imagination and the scientist who endeavours to fulfill the poetic dreams
B. The author critically evaluates the role of art in life in establishing reality and truth through intuition and objective experiences.
C. The author examines the poetic process and the scientific process to explore the fundamental truth of the conceptual and the perceptual world on mutually complementary basis.
D. The author investigates the function of art in life and concludes that art is essentially selfexpression, the quest of subjective and impressionistic reality, as against science that is an expression of the objective truth.
E. The author examines poetic art objectively, is concerned about sensitivities and the intuitive insights of the artist who explores the inexplicable mysteries of the external universe, and expresses them in subtle forms rather than coherent logical forms o



3. What can be best inferred from the passage about the role of an artist?
I The artist is always engaged in the apprehension of reality, depiction of pains and tragedies,
and ordering of disparate experiences of life and existence.
II The quest of an artist is for truth. The artist is highly imaginative and intuitive; his heightened
sense of imagination gives a new meaning to experience.
III The perception of reality of an artist is subjective in nature; it cannot be tested or measured by
intellect or reason.

A. I only
B. I and II
C. II only
D. II and III
E. III only


4.Which of the following best illustrates the distinction between poetic truth and scientific truth?

A. Poetic truth is a creation, scientific truth is discovery; poetry reveals the nature of reality, and science observes the conceptual matter.
B. Poetic truth is uncertain and unverified, scientific truth is definitive, being based on objective observations and experimentation.
C. Poetic truth is a source of aesthetic pleasures; the scientific truth increases our understanding of life and gives us a heightened sense of reality.
D. Poetic truth is subjective and relative, whereas scientific truth is objective and absolute.
E. Poetic truth, expressed through images and symbols, has wider appeal, as it unravels the hidden mysteries of life and universe; the scientific truth is the result of observation and experimentation, making it quantifiable and measurable.


5. Which of the following does the author mention to support his theory of imitation?

A. All art imitates life and the mind of the artist is constantly working to impose a pattern on the amorphous matter, a holistic picture of the tangible parts.
B. Poets and artists, imitate the external appearance. This process involves objectivity of observation though it is presented in their subjective expressions.
C. Poetic truth is subjective in nature and poets seek inspiration from the visible and invisible phenomena.
D. Art is an inner call of the spirit, an expression of self based on inspiration from within.
E. An artist is always a slave to his emotions and passions; his realisation of external reality is imaginative description of the hidden truth; an imitation of an imitation

[Ankurb]

RC-20:
1.d
2.a
3.d
4.b
5.c
6.a
7.e

9 minutes

[pinaki.majumder]

My attempts @ aryan007's RC passage.

1. B
2. E
3. D
4. A
5. C

[ phew , it was a tough one ]

[sayanddude]

Originally Posted by aryan007

RC:

Art as a disclosure of the deeper reality of things is a form of knowledge. It is imitation, as Aristotle observed in the Poetics, not of outward nature but of inner reality. Poetic objectivity is not photographic realism and Aristotle is right when he avers categorically that Poetry is more philosophy...............

Here`s my take:--

1) C
2) E
3) D
4) E
5) A

[Ankurb]

@aryan007's RC
1.B
2.E
3.D
4.A
5.D

14 minutes

[akshay_blitz]

Originally Posted by aryan007

RC:

Art as a disclosure of the deeper reality of things is a form of knowledge. It is imitation, as Aristotle observed in the Poetics, not of outward nature but of inner reality.

1B
2E
3D
4E
5D

13 Minutes
One of the terser RCs on this thread.