Consider the following statements about the Mewar School of painting.
(A) Mewar painting in the eighteenth century increasingly became secular and courtly in ambience.
(B) Mewar artists, generally, prefer a bright colour palette with prominent blues and greens.
(C) Manohar painted the Bihari Satsai in 1719, a unique contribution of the Mewar School.
(D) Texts like Harivamsha and Sursagar were also illustrated in the last quarter of the seventeenth century.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) and (D) only
A. Mewar painting in the eighteenth century increasingly became secular and courtly in ambience. — Correct. In this century court scenes, hunting expeditions, festivals, zenana activities and sports became favoured subjects.
B. Mewar artists, generally, prefer a bright colour palette with prominent blues and greens. — Incorrect. Mewar artists prefer prominent reds and yellows, not blues and greens.
C. Manohar painted the Bihari Satsai in 1719, a unique contribution of the Mewar School. — Incorrect. The Bihari Satsai was painted by Jagannath. Manohar’s most significant work is the Bal Kanda of Ramayana.
D. Texts like Harivamsha and Sursagar were also illustrated in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. — Correct. Harivamsha and Sursagar were illustrated in Mewar in the last quarter of the seventeenth century.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mewar School of Painting …Manohar’s most significant work is that of Bal Kanda of Ramayana (1649). Another exceptionally gifted artist, Jagannath, painted the Bihari Satsai in 1719, which remains a unique contribution of the Mewar School. Other texts like Harivamsha and Sursagar were also illustrated in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. …Mewar artists, generally, prefer a bright colour palette with prominent reds and yellows.” “Mewar School of Painting …Mewar painting in the eighteenth century increasingly became secular and courtly in ambience.” |