THE CHANGING WORLD OF VISUAL ARTS

Question 1

HAMSA DAMAYANTHI (WOMAN WITH SWAN) IS PAINTED BY?

Answer 1

RAJA RAVI VERMA.

Question 2

WHAT WAS THE PICTURESQUE?

Answer 2

THIS STYLE OF PAINTING DEPICTED INDIA AS A QUAINT LAND, TO BE EXPLORED BY TRAVELLING BRITISH ARTISTS; ITS LANDSCAPE WAS RUGGED AND WILD, SEEMINGLY UNTAMED BY HUMAN HANDS.
THOMAS DANIELL AND HIS NEPHEW WILLIAM DANIELL WERE THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE ARTISTS WHO PAINTED WITHIN THIS TRADITION.

Question 3

BATTLE OF POLILUR (BATTLE OF PERAMBAKAM) OF 1780?

Answer 3

TIPU AND HAIDER ALI DEFEATED THE ENGLISH TROOPS.

Question 4

MURAL PAINTING COMMISSIONED BY TIPU SULTAN AT THE _________ PALACE AT SERINGAPATNAM, COMMEMORATING HAIDAR ALI’S VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF POLILUR OF 1780.

Answer 4

DARIYA DAULAT PALACE.

Question 5

PERSPECTIVE IN PAINTING MEANS?

Answer 5

THE WAY THAT OBJECTS APPEAR SMALLER WHEN THEY ARE FURTHER AWAY AND THE WAY PARALLEL LINES APPEAR TO MEET EACH OTHER AT A POINT IN THE DISTANCE.

Question 6

IN BENGAL, AROUND THE PILGRIMAGE CENTRE OF THE TEMPLE OF KALIGHAT, LOCAL VILLAGE SCROLL PAINTERS (CALLED ______), AND POTTERS (CALLED _____ IN EASTERN INDIA AND_______ IN NORTHERN INDIA) BEGAN DEVELOPING A NEW STYLE OF ART.

Answer 6

PATUAS, KUMORS, KUMHARS.

Question 7

THE HORSE REGIMENT LED BY _______ PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPRESSING THE REVOLT OF 1857.

Answer 7

WILLIAM HODSON.

Question 8

BOURNE AND SHEPHARD STUDIO WAS SET UP BY?

Answer 8

SAMUEL BOURNE IN EARLY 1860s, SET UP ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STUDIOS IN CALCUTTA, KNOWN AS THE BOURNE AND SHEPHARD.

Question 9

KRISHNA SANDHAN IS PAINTED BY?

Answer 9

RAJA RAVI VARMA.

Question 10

1. RAJA RAVI VARMA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ARTISTS WHO TRIED TO CREATE A STYLE THAT WAS BOTH MODERN AND NATIONAL.
2. HE MASTERED THE WESTERN ART OF OIL PAINTING AND REALISTIC LIFE STUDY, BUT PAINTED THEMES FROM INDIAN MYTHOLOGY.
3. HE DRAMATIZED ON CANVAS, SCENE AFTER SCENE FROM THE RAMAYANA AND THE MAHABHARATA.
4. HE DECIDED TO SET UP A PICTURE PRODUCTION TEAM AND PRINTING PRESS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BOMBAY. HERE COLOUR PRINTS OF HIS RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS WERE MASS PRODUCED AND EVEN THE POOR COULD NOW BUY THESE CHEAP PRINTS.
   TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 10

ALL ARE TRUE.

Question 11

ABANIDRANATH TAGORE NEPHEW OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE AND OTHER BENGALI ARTISTS ACCEPTED THE ART OF RAVI VARMA.
TRUE/FALSE.

Answer 11

FALSE, THEY REJECTED THE ART OF RAVI VARMA AS IMITATIVE AND WESTERNIZED AND DECLARED THAT SUCH A STYLE WAS UNSUITABLE FOR DEPICTING THE NATION’S ANCIENT MYTHS AND LEGENDS.
SO THEY BROKE AWAY FROM THE CONVENTION OF OIL PAINTING AND THE REALISTIC STYLE, AND TURNED FOR INSPIRATION TO MEDIEVAL INDIAN TRADITIONS OF MINIATURE PAINTING AND THE ANCIENT ART OF MURAL PAINTING IN THE AJANTA CAVES.

Question 12

MY MOTHER PAINTING IS PAINTED BY?

Answer 12

ABANIDRANATH TAGORE.

Question 13

THE BANISHED YAKSHA OF KALIDASA’S POEM MEGHADUTTA, PAINTED BY?

Answer 13

ABANIDRANATH TAGORE, 1904.

Question 14

JATUGRIHA DAHA (THE BURNING OF THE HOUSE DURING PANDAVAS EXILE IN THE FOREST), PAINTED BY?

Answer 14

NANDALAL BOSE, 1912.

Question 15

BENGALI PAINTERS LIKE ABANIDRANATH TAGORE ETC WERE INFLUENCED BY WHICH JAPANESE ARTIST WHO VISITED INDIA AT THAT TIME TO DEVELOP AN ASIAN ART MOVEMENT?

Answer 15

OKAKURA KAKUZO VISITED SHANTINIKETAN AND HAD A POWERFUL INFLUENCE ON RABINDRANATH TAGORE AND ABANIDRANATH TAGORE.

Question 16

BOOK IDEALS OF THE EAST IS WRITTEN BY?

Answer 16

IN 1904, OKAKURA KAKUZO PUBLISHED A BOOK IN JAPAN CALLED THE IDEALS OF THE EAST WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR ITS OPENING LINE “ASIA IS ONE”.