Arrange the following steps used to make painting for Mughals in chronological sequence.
(A) The pages were ruled and filled with text.
(B) Handmade paper was cut in size
(C) Final stage of coloring
(D) Artist makes the composition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (A), (D), (C)
(B) Handmade paper was cut in size — sheets of handmade paper were prepared and cut to the size of the manuscript, with space left for the picture.
(A) The pages were ruled and filled with text. — the text was written next.
(D) Artist makes the composition — the written page then went to the artist, who began with the composition (tarh).
(C) Final stage of coloring — after the portraits came the final stage of colouring (rangamizi).
NCERT (2026-27): “Process of Mughal Painting Most of the paintings that we see as Mughal miniatures were parts of manuscripts and royal albums, i.e., the visual and text shared space in a given format. For making book painting, the following process was adopted. Sheets of handmade paper were prepared and cut to suit the size of the manuscript. Designated space was left for the artist to fill it with a suitable visual composition. Then, the pages were ruled and filled with text. Once the text was written, it was given to the artist, who would compose a synoptic visual representation of the text. The artist would begin from the stage of making the composition, i.e., tarh, to portraits, i.e., chiharanama to the final stage of colouring, i.e., rangamizi.” |