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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Pahari Schools of Painting

Question:

How did Nurpur artists incorporate elements from both Basohli and Kangra styles in their paintings?

Options:

By using only vibrant colors from Basohli.

By combining vibrant colors of Basohli with the dainty figure types of Kangra.

By adopting the neutral colors of Kangra.

By avoiding any influence from either Basohli or Kangra.

Correct Answer:

By combining vibrant colors of Basohli with the dainty figure types of Kangra.

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 2- By combining vibrant colors of Basohli with the dainty figure types of Kangra.

There is a broad classification of three styles — Basohli, Guler and Kangra, and scholars may have variant terms for the same. However, these are indicative centres from where the style travels elsewhere. Hence, in Jasrota, as one observes the Guler style, it becomes categorised under the Guler School with Jasrota as one of its centres. Briefly mentioning the aspects of the other centres, one finds portraits of the rulers of Chamba in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century in the Basohli style.