Observe the image and answer the following question.
The painting in the image portrays the divine life of Sri Krishna. How are the figures and their clothes drawn in it?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → With simple, flowing, delicate lines
Option (1) With simple, flowing, delicate lines — Correct. The painting is Rasa-Lila by Kshitindranath Majumdar. Its figures and their clothes are drawn with simple, flowing, delicate lines.
Option (2) With multiple viewpoints and jagged edges — Incorrect. Gaganendranath Tagore used these features of Cubism for his imaginary cities in City in the Night.
Option (3) In thick tempera with broad brushwork — Incorrect. This is how Nandalal Bose painted his Haripura panels, recalling the folk art of the patuas. Rasa-Lila is a watercolour in wash technique.
Option (4) With a calligraphic line full of lyrical quality — Incorrect. This line marks Abdul Rehman Chughtai’s Radhika; such a line is typical of Mughal manuscripts and old Persian paintings.
NCERT (2026-27): “Rasa-Lila This is a watercolour painting in wash technique portraying the divine life of Sri Krishna made by Kshitindranath Majumdar (1891–1975). …In this painting, Krishna is dancing with Radha and sakhis, and the background of trees creates a simple village atmosphere as illustrated in the Bhagvata Purana and Gita Govinda. Figures and their cloths are drawn with simple, flowing, delicate lines. The sublime moods of characters are captured well.”
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