Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Pahari Schools of Painting

Question:

During which period, Pahari painting style developed?

Options:

Seventeenth to eighteenth century

Fifteenth to seventeenth century

Sixteenth to nineteenth century

Seventeenth to nineteenth century

Correct Answer:

Seventeenth to nineteenth century

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Seventeenth to nineteenth century

Pahari painting style developed from Seventeenth to nineteenth century.

Pahari denotes ‘hilly or mountainous’ in origin. Pahari Schools of Painting includes towns, such as Basohli, Guler, Kangra, Kullu, Chamba, Mankot, Nurpur, Mandi, Bilaspur, Jammu and others in the hills of western Himalayas, which emerged as centres of painting from seventeenth to nineteenth century. Beginning at Basohli with a coarsely flamboyant style, it blossomed into the most exquisite and sophisticated style of Indian painting known as the Kangra School, through the Guler or pre-Kangra phase. Unlike the distinguishing stylistic features of Mughal, Deccani and Rajasthani Schools, Pahari paintings demonstrate challenges in their territorial classification.