Three of the following are features or practices of the Jaipur School of painting. Which one is the odd one out?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Figural and architectural exaggerations
Option (1) Copies produced by means of tracing and pouncing — A Jaipur practice. As elsewhere, many copies were made at Jaipur by tracing and pouncing.
Option (2) Around 50 artists employed under Sawai Pratap Singh — A Jaipur feature. Pratap Singh employed around 50 artists in Jaipur’s second thriving period.
Option (3) Figural and architectural exaggerations — Not a Jaipur feature. Figural and architectural exaggerations show the non-conformity of early Kota painting, when it still borrowed from Bundi.
Option (4) A blend of Mughal and indigenous stylistic features — A Jaipur feature. Under Pratap Singh a Jaipur style emerged as a blend of Mughal and indigenous features.
NCERT (2026-27): “Jaipur School of Painting …It was only in the eighteenth century, under the aspiration of Sawai Pratap Singh (1779–1803) that the predominant Mughal influence receded and a Jaipur style with reformulated aesthetics, which was a blend of Mughal and indigenous stylistic features emerged. This was a second thriving period for Jaipur and Pratap Singh employed around 50 artists. …As elsewhere, many copies were also produced by means of tracing and pouncing.” “Kota School of Painting …After its separation from Bundi, Kota had its own school, commencing around 1660s in the reign of Jagat Singh (1658–1683). In the early period, the paintings of Bundi and Kota cannot be distinguished for several decades as Kota painters borrowed from the Bundi repertoire. Some compositions were taken verbatim from Bundi pictures. However, there is an attitude of non–conformity apparent in figural and architectural exaggerations.” |