The Oval Portrait (Reference beyond The Text Solution)

neb compulsory english notes

A.   Do you think there is life in art ?

Ans: “The Oval Portrait ” is a frame story that is based on life and art . The outer story follows an anonymous narrator who spends a night in a chateau in the Apennines . While he was there,he admires the impressive paintings but was more obssesed with a portrait of a beautiful young women  which was enclosed in an oval frame . Then he examines the  underlying narrative of a lovely girl whose husband had a lot of obsession  with  his work . He became detached from reality .For him, his canvas become more real than the reality . Itself which proves beneficial for his art but disastrous for his real life . However in a literary sense ,the artist tries to find life within it but with a general view , art is just a creation that is created to display and has significance related to different things . Thus I don’t think that there is a life in a art .

 

B . As a thing of art  nothing could be more admirable than the painting itself .Expalin ?

Ans : I totally agree with the above statement painting is really a  very admirable form of art . The painters really work hard and spend much time to create quality paintings with meanings . A picture can paint a thousand words . The paintings itself speaks in its literal manner . Here in this story, The Oval Portrait is one of the finest examples which has surprised the narrator . He feels completely puzzled to see that painting and start describing about it . True arts beffles all formulas and it’s true that as a thing of art nothing could be more admirable than the painting itself .

 

C . A more intense look at the painting reveals the illusion . Have you noticed any such painting ?

Ans : Yes, I have noticed such painting which reveals the illusion . A painting can’t be judged at a single look . An artist spends days to make an art . Every objects in an art posses special meaning . The painting becomes more meaningful when it is watched by the viewer who is passionate about paintings . But for those viewers like me who don,t have idea about paintings find illusion all the time . In my case ,I watched a typical painting in a museum near my house for a long time but I did’t get meanings about it .