Each Rajasthani school of painting had features of its own. Consider the following statements:
(A) Under Raj Singh, Kishangarh painting tended to elongate the human form and used green lavishly.
(B) Bikaner developed a distinctive language of painting that was influenced by Deccani elegance and a subdued colour palette.
(C) In Bikaner, studios called Mandi were set up, where a group of artists worked under the supervision of a master artist.
(D) Bundi artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
(A) Under Raj Singh, Kishangarh painting tended to elongate the human form and used green lavishly. — Correct. This distinctive Kishangarh style, with elongated figures, lavish green and panoramic landscapes, had evolved by Raj Singh’s reign.
(B) Bikaner developed a distinctive language of painting that was influenced by Deccani elegance and a subdued colour palette. — Incorrect. Its long link with the Mughals gave Bikaner painting Mughal elegance, not Deccani.
(C) In Bikaner, studios called Mandi were set up, where a group of artists worked under the supervision of a master artist. — Correct. Setting up such studios, called Mandi, was a prevailing practice in Bikaner.
(D) Bundi artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions. — Incorrect. This is said of Kota artists in the reign of Ram Singh I, not Bundi artists.
NCERT (2026-27): “Kishangarh School of Painting …By the mid–seventeenth century under the patronage of Man Singh (1658–1706), artists were already working in the Kishangarh court. A distinctive style of the state with a general tendency to elongate the human form, making lavish use of green and penchant for depicting panoramic landscapes had evolved by the early eighteenth century during the reign of Raj Singh (1706–1748).” “Bikaner School of Painting …As a result of long association with the Mughals, Bikaner developed a distinctive language of painting that was influenced by the Mughal elegance and subdued colour palette. … A prevailing practice in Bikaner was to set up studios called Mandi, where a group of artists worked under the supervision of a master artist.” “Kota School of Painting …By the reign of Ram Singh I (1686–1708), artists had passionately enlarged their inventory to a large variety of subjects. Kota artists seem to have been the first to render landscape as the real subject of compositions.” |