Mughal-style paintings reached the Pahari kingdoms from the mid-eighteenth century. According to B. N. Goswamy, what in these paintings appealed to the sensibilities of Pahari artists?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Naturalism
Option (1) Decorated margins — Incorrect. Some paintings of the newly emerging style show decorated margins. This is a feature of the new style, not what Goswamy says appealed to the artists.
Option (2) An idealised face — Incorrect. An idealised face is one of the features associated with the newly emerging style. Goswamy does not name it as the appeal.
Option (3) Naturalism — Correct. For Goswamy, it was the naturalism in these paintings that appealed to the sensibilities of Pahari artists.
Option (4) Recording the daily routine of kings — Incorrect. Recording the daily routine of kings is a theme of the newly emerging style, not the quality Goswamy names.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Pahari Schools of Painting …For Goswamy, it was the naturalism in these paintings that appealed to the sensibilities of Pahari artists. Compositions, worked out from a relative point of view, show some paintings with decorated margins. Themes that included recording the daily routine or important occasions from the lives of kings, creation of new prototype for female form and an idealised face, are all associated with this newly emerging style that gradually matures to the Kangra phase.…” |