Which features mark the distinctive style of painting that emerged in Kullu?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Prominent chin, wide open eyes, and grey and terracotta red backgrounds.
Option (1) Prominent chin, wide open eyes, and grey and terracotta red backgrounds. — Correct. Kullu figures have a prominent chin and wide open eyes, with lavish grey and terracotta red in the background.
Option (2) Straight nose in line with the forehead, and delicacy of line. — Incorrect. These are features of the Kangra style.
Option (3) Vibrant colours of Basohli with the dainty figure types of Kangra. — Incorrect. This describes Nurpur, where artists kept Basohli colours with Kangra figure types.
Option (4) Primary colours, warm yellow backgrounds, and raised white paint for pearls. — Incorrect. These belong to the Basohli style, not to Kullu.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Kangra School …Kullu emerged with a distinctive style, where figures had a prominent chin and wide open eyes, and lavish use of grey and terracotta red colours in the background was made. Shangri Ramayana is a well-known set painted in the Kullu Valley in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. Paintings of this set vary from each other in style, and, thus it is believed that these were painted by different sets of artists. It is believed that when the Basohli style had outgrown itself and matured into the Kangra style, Nurpur artists retained the vibrant colours of Basohli with the dainty figure types of Kangra.” |