Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
LIST-I (SCHOOL) | LIST-II (CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES) |
A. Basohli | I. Unblemished color and excellent formal design |
B. Guler | II. Strong use of primary colors |
C. Bundi | III. A Panoramic view |
D. Mewar | IV. Refined and subdued |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Basohli | (II) Strong use of primary colors | Basohli is known for a bold style. Primary colours and warm yellows fill its backgrounds. |
| (B) Guler | (IV) Refined and subdued | Guler artists moved away from the bold Basohli manner to a more refined, subdued and elegant style. |
| (C) Bundi | (I) Unblemished color and excellent formal design | Bundi flourished in the seventeenth century and is remarkable for its colour sense and formal design. |
| (D) Mewar | (III) A Panoramic view | A Mewar folio shows Maharana Jagat Singh II out hawking. The raised horizon lets the artist show a wide, panoramic view. |
NCERT (2026-27): “Basohli School …From 1678 to 1695, Kirpal Pal, an enlightened prince, ruled the state. Under him, Basohli developed a distinctive and magnificent style. It is characterised by a strong use of primary colours and warm yellows — filling the background and horizon, stylised treatment of vegetation and raised white paint for imitating the representation of pearls in ornaments.…” “Guler School …Guler artist Pandit Seu with his sons Manak and Nainsukh are attributed with changing the course of painting around 1730–40 to a new style, usually, referred to as the pre–Kangra or Guler–Kangra kalam. This style is more refined, subdued and elegant compared to the bold vitality of the Basohli style. Though initiated by Manak, also called Manaku, his brother Nainsukh, who became the court painter of Raja Balwant Singh of Jasrota, is responsible for shaping the Guler School emphatically.…” “Bundi School of Painting A prolific and distinct school of painting flourished in Bundi in the seventeenth century, which is remarkable for its unblemished colour sense and excellent formal design.…” “Mewar School of Painting …A folio depics Maharana Jagat Singh II (1734–1752) touring the countryside while on his way hawking. The country scape perceived in an oblique view, with the horizon raised at a tangent in comparison to the foreground enables the artist to visualise a panoramic view of limitless vision.…” |