Read the passage and answer the question.
Madonna and Child done in opaque watercolour on paper is an important early work of the Mughal School of Painting. Madonna, here, is an extraordinary theme, which brings the Byzantine art, the European classical and its Renaissance to the Mughal atelier, where it is translated and transformed into an entirely different visual experience. Virgin Mary is draped in a classical manner. The physiology of the child, certain details like the fan and jewellery completely integrated the work to an Indian milieu.
According to the passage, which artistic traditions does the theme of the Madonna bring to the Mughal atelier?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Byzantine art, the European classical and its Renaissance
Option (1) Indigenous Indian, Persian and European styles — Incorrect. These are the three styles the artists of the Mughal atelier assimilated under Jahangir. They are not what the Madonna theme brought in.
Option (2) Islamic, Hindu and European visual culture — Incorrect. This blend of Islamic, Hindu and European visual culture describes the peak of Mughal painting as a whole, not the Madonna theme.
Option (3) Byzantine art, the European classical and its Renaissance — Correct. The passage says the Madonna theme brings the Byzantine art, the European classical and its Renaissance to the Mughal atelier, where it is transformed.
Option (4) Hindu mythologies along with Persian and Islamic themes — Incorrect. Hindu mythologies and Persian and Islamic themes are among the subjects painted under Akbar. The passage does not link them to the Madonna.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Early Mughal Painting …Madonna, here, is an extraordinary theme, which brings the Byzantine art, the European classical and its Renaissance to the Mughal atelier, where it is translated and transformed into an entirely different visual experience. Virgin Mary is draped in a classical manner. The attachment displayed between the mother and the child was inspired by the humanist interpretation in the European Renaissance art. The physiology of the child, certain details like the fan and jewellery completely integrated the work to an Indian milieu.”
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