The Deccani school is compared with other schools of painting and with its patrons. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Inclinations like Mughal portraiture also seen in – Safavid and Ottoman Schools
Option (1) Deccani style long placed under – Indo-Mughal art — Incorrect. The Deccani style was long placed under Indo-Persian art, not Indo-Mughal art.
Option (2) Inclinations like Mughal portraiture also seen in – Safavid and Ottoman Schools — Correct. Mughal portraiture was not wholly unique. Such artistic inclinations are seen in the Safavid and Ottoman Schools of Painting.
Option (3) Highly documentary portraits seen extensively in – Rajasthani and Pahari art — Incorrect. Highly documentary portraits are a development seen in Asian Islamic art and in Mughal art in India. Rajasthani and Pahari art are not named for it.
Option (4) Deccani school sustained by – a class of merchants — Incorrect. The school was sustained by a class of rulers with their own political and cultural vision, not by merchants.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Deccani Schools of Painting …The Deccani style of Painting was placed under the Indo-Persian art for long. …Art historians acknowledged its uniqueness but failed to recognise it as a full-fledged school, which was sustained by a class of rulers, who had their peculiar political and cultural vision. …The art of portraiture and representation of historical and religious figures are seen elsewhere in other contemporary schools of painting. Mughal portraiture, in this sense, was not wholly unique. We see such artistic inclinations in the Safavid and Ottoman Schools of Painting. The highly documentary nature of portraits is a singularly unique development seen extensively in the Asian Islamic art as also in the Mughal art in India.” |