Which statements about western influence on Indian art are correct?
(A) Ravi Varma and Abanindranath Tagore were grappling with the colonial encounter.
(B) Ravi Varma's style, technique and theme were shaped by western and indigenous traditions.
(C) Ravi Varma's family portrait in the box is of a patrilineal community of Kerala.
(D) That family resembles the typical patrilineal nuclear family of the modern west.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B and D only
(A) Ravi Varma and Abanindranath Tagore were grappling with the colonial encounter. — Correct. Ravi Varma and Abanindranath Tagore were among the artists, with Chandu Menon and Bankimchandra Chattopadhya, who were grappling with the colonial encounter.
(B) Ravi Varma's style, technique and theme were shaped by western and indigenous traditions. — Correct. Ravi Varma's style, technique and very theme drew on both western and indigenous traditions. His work shows how the west influenced Indian art.
(C) Ravi Varma's family portrait in the box is of a patrilineal community of Kerala. — Incorrect. The family in the portrait belongs to a matrilineal community of Kerala. Calling it patrilineal reverses the community's real line of descent.
(D) That family resembles the typical patrilineal nuclear family of the modern west. — Correct. Though it comes from a matrilineal community, the family looks like the typical patrilineal nuclear family of the modern west, made up of father, mother and children.
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