Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Rajasthani Schools of Painting

Question:

What is the specific pictorial device crafted by Sahibdin in the Yuddha Kanda to impart credibility to the ambitious scale of war pictures?

Options:

Monochromatic tones

Oblique aerial perspective

Pointillism

Collage technique

Correct Answer:

Oblique aerial perspective

Explanation:

Answer: Oblique aerial perspective
Sahibdin crafted a novel pictorial device of oblique aerial perspective in the Yuddha Kanda to impart credibility to the ambitious scale of war pictures.

Attributed to ingenious artist Sahibdin, Yuddha Kanda, the Book of Battles, is a chapter in the Ramayana set of paintings, popularly referred to as the Jagat Singh Ramayana. Dated 1652, Sahibdin, herein, has crafted a novel pictorial device that of oblique aerial perspective to impart credibility to the ambitious scale that war pictures encompass. Deploying various narrative techniques, he either layers several episodes into a single painting as this one, or spreads a single episode over more than one folio. The painting portrays Indrajit’s devious tactics and use of magic weapons in war.