The art of portraiture is seen in several contemporary schools of painting. Which one of the following is the odd one out with reference to this art of portraiture?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Asafiya
Option (1) Safavid — Linked with portraiture. Such artistic inclinations are seen in the Safavid School of Painting.
Option (2) Ottoman — Linked with portraiture. The Ottoman School of Painting shows them too.
Option (3) Asafiya — The odd one out. The Asafiya dynasty is named only as a dynasty under which Deccani painting continued to be seen. It is not named among the schools of portraiture.
Option (4) Mughal — Linked with portraiture. Mughal portraiture was not wholly unique, and documentary portraits are seen in the Mughal art in India too.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Deccani Schools of Painting The history of Deccani Painting can largely be constructed from the late sixteenth century until the 1680s — the time when the Mughals conquered the Deccan. It is continued to be seen in the art of the nineteenth century, as well as, under the Asafiya dynasty, and finally, in paintings in the provincial courts of Rajas and Nawabs, ruling various lands in the State of Hyderabad under the Nizam.…” “The Deccani Schools of Painting …The art of portraiture and representation of historical and religious figures are seen elsewhere in other contemporary schools of painting. Mughal portraiture, in this sense, was not wholly unique. We see such artistic inclinations in the Safavid and Ottoman Schools of Painting. The highly documentary nature of portraits is a singularly unique development seen extensively in the Asian Islamic art as also in the Mughal art in India.…” |