The earliest examples of Deccani painting are in a volume of poems celebrating the reign of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar. Which of its miniatures delight us with gorgeous colours and sensuous lines?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Those depicting the queen and her marriage
Option (1) Those depicting the king seated on the throne — Incorrect. Tarif-i-Hussain Shahi: King sitting on the Throne is an Ahmadnagar picture of the king, but the gorgeous colours and sensuous lines are praised only in the pages of the queen and her marriage.
Option (2) Those depicting the queen and her marriage — Correct. The miniatures of the queen and her marriage delight with gorgeous colours and sensuous lines.
Option (3) Those showing court scenes of a young ruler — Incorrect. Court scenes of a young ruler are in the earliest Golconda miniatures, bound up in the Diwan of Hafiz.
Option (4) Those depicting the Sultan out hawking with a white hawk — Incorrect. The white hawk is the subject of a separate painting, Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II hawking, praised for its brilliant red and dense forest foliage.
NCERT (2026-27): “Ahmadnagar School of Painting …The earliest examples of Deccani painting are in a volume of poems, celebrating the reign of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmadnagar (1553–1565). Most of the 12 miniatures that illustrate battle scenes are of no artistic interest, but interestingly, those depicting the queen and her marriage delight us with gorgeous colours and sensuous lines. The woman represented in it belongs to the northern tradition of pre-Mughal painting, which was flourishing especially in Malwa and Ahmedabad during this period.” |