Mural painting means

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(a)

oil painting

(b)

miniature painting

(c)

wall painting

(d)

None of the above

Who painted 'Nala and Damayanti'?

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(a)

Thomas Daniell

(b)

William Daniell

(c)

Abanindranath Tagore

(d)

Ha]a Ravi Varma

Abanindranath Tagore and a new group of artists rejected the art of Ravi Varma because

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(a)

it was westernised

(b)

it was imitative

(c)

it was ornamental

(d)

Both 'a' and 'b'

Realism meant a belief that artists had to :

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(a)

Faithfully observe and depict the subject

(b)

Faithfully observe the landscape

(c)

Draw from their imagination

(d)

Draw and paint landscape

Mural paintings are the paintings covering the:

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(a)

Whole canvas

(b)

Whole wall

(c)

Whole ceiling

(d)

Whole room

The style of painting which showed Indian landscape as a quaint, unexplored land is called _______________

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(a)

picturesque landscape painting

Paintings which depicted scenes from British imperial history and their victories are called ________________

1

(a)

history paintings

An accepted norm or style___________.

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(a)

Convention

The most famous of the artists who painted for picturesque landscape painting______.

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(a)

Thomas Daniell

A wall painting_________.

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(a)

Mural

Nandalal Bose was a student and disciple of Abanindranath Tagore.

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(a) False

(b) True

The most famous photographic studio 'Bourne and Shephard was set-up in Bombay.

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(a) True

(b) False

Thomas Daniell was a famous French artist.

1

(a) True

(b) False

The art of portrait making became popular as the Rajas and the Maharajas wished to see them at the canvas.

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(a) False

(b) True

Tipu Sultan was a patron of western traditions.

1

(a) True

(b) False

Who was Raja Ravi Varma?

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(a)

Raja Ravi Varma who belonged to the family of the Maharajas of Travancore, Kerala, tried to create a style in painting that was modern and national.

How can we know that Tipu Sultan had great liking for mural paintings?

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(a)

Tipu Sultan encouraged local traditions and had the walls of his palace at Seringapatam covered with mural paintings done by local artists.

Among whom did the mythological paintings of Ravi Varma become very popular?

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(a)

Raja Ravi Varma's mythological paintings became very popular among Indian princes and art collectors.

How were colonial portraits different from traditional Indian portraits?

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(a)

Traditional Indian portraits were in miniature, i.e. very small but the colonial portraits were life-size images that looked lifelike and real.

What art form did Thomas Daniell and his nephew William Daniell adopt?

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(a)

Artists Thomas Daniell and his nephew William Daniell adopted picturesque landscape painting technique.