Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Rajasthani Schools of Painting

Question:

What is the thematic focus of the artwork "Ashwin, Baramasa"?

Options:

Mythological tales

Seasonal cycles (Baramasa)

Royal portraiture

Historical events

Correct Answer:

Seasonal cycles (Baramasa)

Explanation:

Answer: Seasonal cycles (Baramasa)
The artwork  "Ashwin, Baramasa" focuses on the various seasons, known as Baramasa.

Baramasa is a popular theme of Bundi paintings. It is an atmospheric description of the 12 months by Keshav Das that is part of the tenth chapter of Kavipriya written for Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha.

Kavipriya, another poetic work by Keshav Das, was written in the honour of Rai Parbin, a celebrated courtesan of Orchha. It is a tale of love and its tenth chapter evocatively titled Baramasa engages with the most enduring climactic description of the 12 months of the year. While illustrating the daily life of people in different seasons and alluding to festivals falling therein, Keshav Das describes how the nayika prevails upon the nayaka not to leave her and proceed on a journey.


The seventeenth-century artwork, titled "Ashwin, Baramasa" from Bundi is housed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai.