Write 2 short question (maximum 2 sentences) about a specific passage in the reading (maximum 4 sentences) or about a specific feature of an object introduced in the reading, including a page reference for our benefit.
and answer the following questions.
1. Confucius said, “I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.†(page 5, Confucius, The Analects of Confucius)
When arguing the purpose and significance of modern art, some people insist that modern art has the capability to allow people speaking different languages and having different cultural backgrounds to communicate and understand each other using art as the communicative media. However, as Confucius said, it is not possible to teach when someone is not willing to learn. Do you believe art as a way of communicating can deliver messages and ideas to and therefore persuade its audience?
2. “But perhaps it is time to give a name at last to that image with appears in the depths of the mirror……’the painter’, ‘the characters’, ‘the spectators’, ‘the images’ “. Las Maninas pg(9) – last paragraph. What did Michel Foucault mean by that? Is there a deeper meaning behind “that image which appears in the depths of the mirror”?