The Kota school grew out of the painting tradition of Bundi. Consider the following statements about Kota painting:
(A) In the early period, Kota painters borrowed from the Bundi repertoire.
(B) Kota artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions.
(C) Kota paintings emphasise marked shading, especially the double–lid eye.
(D) Artists of the Kota School excelled in rendering architecture and court scenes.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (C) only
(A) In the early period, Kota painters borrowed from the Bundi repertoire. — Correct. For several decades early Kota and Bundi paintings cannot be told apart.
(B) Kota artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions. — Correct. By the reign of Ram Singh I, Kota artists had widened their range of subjects.
(C) Kota paintings emphasise marked shading, especially the double–lid eye. — Correct. Kota work is also spontaneous and calligraphic.
(D) Artists of the Kota School excelled in rendering architecture and court scenes. — Incorrect. Kota artists excelled in rendering animals and combat. The school is known for its hunting scenes.
NCERT (2026-27): “Kota School of Painting …In the early period, the paintings of Bundi and Kota cannot be distinguished for several decades as Kota painters borrowed from the Bundi repertoire. Some compositions were taken verbatim from Bundi pictures. However, there is an attitude of non–conformity apparent in figural and architectural exaggerations.” “Kota School of Painting …By the reign of Ram Singh I (1686–1708), artists had passionately enlarged their inventory to a large variety of subjects. Kota artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions.” “Kota School of Painting …Kota paintings are characteristically spontaneous, calligraphic in execution and emphasise on marked shading, especially, the double–lid eye. Artists of the Kota School excelled in rendering animals and combat.” |