Observe the image and answer the following question.
Look at the painting in the image. Its central seated figure has a grown up man lying horizontally on her lap. Which European art tradition does this figure recall?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Italian Renaissance
The painting is Mother Teresa by M. F. Husain, from the 1980s.
Option (1) Italian Renaissance — Correct. The seated Mother with a grown up man across her lap recalls Michelangelo’s Pieta, a famous sculpture of the Italian Renaissance.
Option (2) Cubism — Incorrect. Cubism was the style Picasso invented using geometrical facets. The pose of the central figure does not come from it.
Option (3) Impressionism — Incorrect. Impressionism was a European trend Amrita Sher-Gil saw in Paris. The pose of the central figure is linked to the Pieta, not to it.
Option (4) Expressionism — Incorrect. Expressionism was a trend the Tagores knew of, which rejected academic realism. This figure points to the Pieta instead.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mother Teresa This painting by M. F. Husain of the saintly figure, Mother Teresa, belongs to the 1980s. … The figure of the faceless Mother appears several times, each time holding a baby with a lot of attention given to the hand. The central figure of the seated Mother has a grown up man lying on her lap horizontally. This speaks of the artist’s familiarity with European art, especially, the famous sculpture of Italian Renaissance master, Michelangelo’s Pieta.”
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