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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Pahari Schools of Painting

Question:

What was the style conforming to the Basohli idiom in the early eighteenth century?

Options:

Mughal style

Seu family style

Pre-Kangra phase

Kangra style

Correct Answer:

Seu family style

Explanation:

Answer: Seu family style
In the early eighteenth century, the style of the Seu family and others conformed to the Basohli idiom.

Scholars agree that in the early eighteenth century, the style of the Seu family and others conformed to the Basohli idiom. However, from middle of the eighteenth century, the style transformed through a pre-Kangra phase, maturing into the Kangra style. This abrupt transformation in style and beginning of experimentation, which gave rise to varied stylistic idioms related to different Pahari centres, is largely ascribed to responses by various artist families and paintings (especially, the Mughal style) that were introduced in the Pahari kingdoms. This sudden arrival of paintings, which might have been introduced through rulers, artists, traders or any such agency or event, impacted local artists and profoundly influenced their painting language.