What is the prominent feature of Deccani painting?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Plants are silhouetted against a mass of dark foliage
Option (1) Monochrome brush drawings — Incorrect. This belongs to Jamini Roy, who made many such drawings before moving to colours.
Option (2) Use of lamp black to outline the drawings — Incorrect. This also belongs to Jamini Roy, who outlined his drawings with lamp black.
Option (3) Plants are silhouetted against a mass of dark foliage — Correct. Deccani landscapes have richly coloured trees. Plants are set against a mass of dark foliage, and this is a prominent Deccani feature.
Option (4) Figures are coloured in dull yellow and brick-red background — Incorrect. This describes Jamini Roy’s Woman with Child, whose colours follow the terracotta relief of his home village.
NCERT (2026-27): “Golconda School of Painting …The trees in the landscapes are of Deccani type, which are richly coloured and have a tinted edge. Moreover, plants are silhouetted against a mass of dark foliage, which is another prominent Deccani feature. This is seen in the painting of a tall woman speaking to a bird.…” |