Mughal painting under Akbar and Jahangir brought many influences together. Consider the following statements:
(A) Mughal patrons and artists expressed a congregation of tastes, philosophies and faiths through their visual language.
(B) Madonna and Child, an important early work of the Mughal School, is done in opaque watercolour on cotton.
(C) Jahangir’s Dream was painted by Abul Hasan.
(D) In Madonna and Child, the Virgin Mary is draped in a classical manner.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) Mughal patrons and artists expressed a congregation of tastes, philosophies and faiths through their visual language. — Correct. Patrons and artists together expressed this congregation of tastes, philosophies and faiths.
(B) Madonna and Child, an important early work of the Mughal School, is done in opaque watercolour on cotton. — Incorrect. It is done in opaque watercolour on paper, not on cotton.
(C) Jahangir’s Dream was painted by Abul Hasan. — Correct. The caption names Abul Hasan as its painter.
(D) In Madonna and Child, the Virgin Mary is draped in a classical manner. — Correct. The classical drapery of Mary comes from European art.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Influences on Mughal Painting …The significance of this style lies in the purpose and efforts of its patrons and the unmatched skill of its artists. Together, they envisaged and expressed a congregation of tastes, philosophies and faiths by their extraordinary visual language.” “Early Mughal Painting …Madonna and Child … done in opaque watercolour on paper is an important early work of the Mughal School of Painting in this context. Madonna, here, is an extraordinary theme, which brings the Byzantine art, the European classical and its Renaissance to the Mughal atelier, where it is translated and transformed into an entirely different visual experience. Virgin Mary is draped in a classical manner.” “Jahangir’s Dream, Abul Hasan, 1618–1622, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.” |