Nationalism in art took a different form at Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Artists like Nandalal Bose and Asit Kumar Haldar drew inspiration from past traditions like the Ajanta frescoes, and Mughal, Rajasthani and Pahari miniature paintings.
Reason (R): Nandalal Bose and Asit Kumar Haldar were students of Rabindranath Tagore.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) is true but (R) is false.
Assertion (A): Artists like Nandalal Bose and Asit Kumar Haldar drew inspiration from past traditions like the Ajanta frescoes, and Mughal, Rajasthani and Pahari miniature paintings. — True. At Kala Bhavana, these two artists were inclined to draw on the Ajanta frescoes and the miniature traditions.
Reason (R): Nandalal Bose and Asit Kumar Haldar were students of Rabindranath Tagore. — False. They were students of Abanindranath Tagore, who led the Bengal School in Calcutta.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Tracing the Modern Indian Art …We have already discussed how nationalism in art can be traced to the rise of Bengal School under the leadership of Abanindranath Tagore in the late nineteenth century in Calcutta. Subsequently, it took a different form at Kala Bhavana, Shantiniketan. Artists like Nandalal Bose and Asit Kumar Haldar, students of Abanindranath Tagore, were inclined to draw inspiration from past traditions like the Ajanta frescoes, and Mughal, Rajasthani and Pahari miniature paintings, among others.” |