Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Living Art Traditions of India

Question:

What is the traditional paintbrush used in Warli paintings?

Options:

Neem stick

Animal hair brushes

Bamboo stick

Cotton ball brush

Correct Answer:

Bamboo stick

Explanation:

Answer- Bamboo stick
A bamboo stick, chewed at the end, is used as the paintbrush in Warli paintings.

The Warli community inhabit the west coast of Northern Maharashtra around the north Sahyadri range with a large concentration in the district of Thane. Married women play a central role in creating their most important painting called Chowk to mark special occasions.

The Warli paintings are traditionally painted with rice flour on earth-coloured walls of their homes. They are painted to promote fertility, these paintings avert diseases, propitiate the dead, and fulfill the demands of spirits. A bamboo stick, chewed at the end, is used as the paintbrush.