Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

What distinguished the unique style of sketching and painting developed by Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij?

Options:

The ability to capture human emotions even without showing any facial feature

Emphasis on European art movements

Focus on literary sources

The ability to capture their immediate environment and those who lived there

Correct Answer:

The ability to capture their immediate environment and those who lived there

Explanation:

Answer: The ability to capture their immediate environment and those who lived there
Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij developed their own unique style that could capture not only their immediate environment like flora and fauna but also those who lived there.

Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij, Bose’s most creative students, gave a lot of thought as how to understand the world. They developed their own unique style of sketching and painting that could capture not only their immediate environment like flora and fauna but also those who lived there. Shantiniketan had a large population of Santhal tribe at its outskirts, and these artists often painted them and made sculptures based on them. Apart from this, themes from literary sources also interested them.