Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Manuscript Painting Tradition

Question:

How were the walls of a patron’s mansions often decorated during the medieval period?

1) With life-sized sculptures

2) With mosaic patterns

3) With mural paintings

4) With abstract drawings

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

3

Explanation:

Answer: With mural paintings

The walls of a patron’s mansions during the medieval period were often decorated with mural paintings.

Paintings from the medieval period have earned a generic name, for example miniature paintings, owing to their relatively smaller size. These miniature paintings were hand-held and observed from a closer distance due to their minutiae. The walls of a patron’s mansions were often decorated with mural paintings. Hence, these miniatures were never intended to be put up on the walls.