Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism

Question:

Match the Person in List- I with Description List- II

List- I (Person)

List- II (Description)

(A) Jamini Roy

(I) decorated Indian House in London

(B) Ananda Coomaraswamy

(II) Historian who wrote about Swadeshi in art

(C) Bengal School Artists

(III) did the mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi building

(D) Students of the Bombay School of Art

(IV) rejected academic training and adopted flat & colorful style of folk painting

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2- (A)-(IV), (B)-II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

Jamini Roy is a unique example of modern Indian artist, who after undergoing academic training in the colonial Art School rejected it only to adopt the flat and colourful style of folk painting seen in villages. He wanted his paintings to be simple and easy to duplicate to reach a wider public and based on themes like women and children, specifically, and rural life, generally.

Ananda Coomaraswamy, an important art historian, wrote about Swadeshi in art and joined hands with a Japanese nationalist, Kakuzo Okakura, who was visiting Rabindranath Tagore in Calcutta. He came to India with his ideas about pan-Asianism, by which he wanted to unite India with other eastern nations and fight against western imperialism.

The struggle between the Indian and European taste in art continued as seen in the art policy of the British Raj. For example, the project for mural decorations for Lutyen’s Delhi buildings went to the students of Bombay School of Art, trained in realistic studies by its Principal, Gladstone Solomon. On the other hand, the Bengal School artists were allowed to decorate the Indian House in London under close British supervision.