Which of the following pairs from the Bengal School period is correctly matched?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → City in the Night – zigzag planes create a tight formal structure
Option (1) Jamini Roy – outlined his drawings in charcoal gray — Incorrect. Charcoal gray was one of Roy’s seven colours. He outlined his drawings in lamp black.
Option (2) Haripura Posters – echoed Okakura’s vision of pan-Asianism — Incorrect. The posters echoed Gandhi’s socialist vision of including marginalised sections of society. Pan-Asianism was Okakura’s idea of uniting India with other eastern nations.
Option (3) City in the Night – zigzag planes create a tight formal structure — Correct. Gaganendranath Tagore’s zigzag planes together give this painting a tight formal structure.
Option (4) Radhika – calligraphic line of Rajput manuscripts — Incorrect. Chughtai’s calligraphic line is typical of Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings. The Rajput world appears only among his subjects.
NCERT (2026-27): “City in the Night This is a watercolour painting made by Gaganendranath Tagore (1869 –1938) in 1922. He was one of the earlier Indian painters, who made use of language and syntax of Cubism to render his ideas. … He painted an interplay of diamond-shaped planes and prismatic colours, resulting in fragmented luminosity to render the mountain ranges of the city. Zigzag planes together are able to create a tight formal structure of the painting.” |