Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Pahari Schools of Painting

Question:

What artistic style is characterized by a straight nose in line with the forehead?

Options:

Basohli style

Mughal style

Kangra style

Pahari style

Correct Answer:

Kangra style

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3- Kangra style

The Kangra style is by far the most poetic and lyrical of Indian styles marked with serene beauty and delicacy of execution. Characteristic features of the Kangra style are delicacy of line, brilliance of colour and minuteness of decorative details. Distinctive is the delineation of the female face, with straight nose in line with the forehead, which came in vogue around the 1790s is the most distinctive feature of this style.