Write about the patuas of Bengal

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What were the 'New forms of Imperial Art' brought by European Artists?

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What happened to the Indian court artists? How did the painters at Indian princely courts reacted to the new tradition of imperial art?

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What was the reason behind the Indian nawabs began commissioning imposing oil portraits by European painters?

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Look carefully at figures (a) and (b)
(i) In what ways are the Indians depicted as inferior?
(ii) Notice the clothes the British are wearing. What do they convey to you?

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Look carefully at figures (a) and (b).
(i) How is Clive portrayed in figure (a)?
(ii) What are the ways in which the artist has depicted the victory of the British?
(iii) Notice the position of the British flag (the Union Jack) in figures (a) and (b). Why is it placed there?

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Look at the given picture.

David Wilkie was commissioned by David Baird's wife to paint this picture. Why do you think she wanted such a picture painted?

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(i) What similarities and difference do you see in the themes of the paintings?
(ii) If you were a nawab fighting the British, which battle scenes would you ask the artists to paint the ones you lost or the ones you won?
(iii) Do you think that the mural in Figure (b) is realistic?

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Look at the given figure along with the images of Indian miniatures you saw in the History book of Class VII. Can you identify some of the elements of similarity between them? Look for differences too.

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Describe in your own words one painting from this chapter which suggests that the British were more powerful than Indians. How does the artist depict this?

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