Modern art came up in Europe when academic realism began to be rejected. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): With the phenomenal development of technology after the Industrial Revolution, the traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning.
Reason (R): Cafes and restaurants became important places for artists, writers, film-makers and poets to meet and discuss the role of art in modern life.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): With the phenomenal development of technology after the Industrial Revolution, the traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning. — True. After the Industrial Revolution, the art made for churches and palaces lost its old meaning.
Reason (R): Cafes and restaurants became important places for artists, writers, film-makers and poets to meet and discuss the role of art in modern life. — True. Cafes and restaurants became places where artists, writers, film-makers and poets met to discuss the role of art in modern life.
Why R does not explain A? R tells us where artists met and talked. It says nothing about why the art of churches and palaces lost its meaning. The correct reason for A is the phenomenal development of technology after the Industrial Revolution, which A itself names.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Tracing the Modern Indian Art …In the West, particularly in Europe, modern art came up when academic realism in art academies began to be rejected. These modern artists saw themselves as avant garde or at the frontier of change from tradition to modernity. With the phenomenal development of technology after the Industrial Revolution, the traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning. Early modern French artists like Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet and others saw themselves working outside the main art institutions. Cafes and restaurants became important places for artists, writers, film-makers and poets to meet and discuss about the role of art in modern life.” |