Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Deccani Schools of Painting

Question:

What is unique about the painting's style?

Options:

It is highly sophisticated and courtly

It depicts mythological scenes

It is naive and basic without technical and artistic sophistication

It showcases landscape with intricate details

Correct Answer:

It is naive and basic without technical and artistic sophistication

Explanation:

Answer: It is naive and basic without technical and artistic sophistication
The painting is described as naive and basic, lacking the technical and artistic sophistication typical of court paintings. However, it is charming and narrative of a popular Indian theme.

Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusrau: This provincial painting in the collection of National Museum, New Delhi, is from Hyderabad, Deccan. It depicts Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, the revered Sufi saint of the thirteenth century, listening to music being played by his disciple, Hazrat Amir Khusrau, a renowned Indian poet and scholar. Even to this day, the dargah of Hazrat Nizamudin Auliya in New Delhi has qawwali by Khusrau in praise of his pir. Devotees from all over the world come here to witness this regular cultural practice. The painting is naive and basic without technical and artistic sophistication of a court painting. However, it is charming and narrative of a popular Indian theme.