Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Deccani Schools of Painting

Question:

Which of the following is not the center of the Deccani painting style?

Options:

Ahmednagar

Bijapur

Ahmedabad

Golconda

Correct Answer:

Ahmedabad

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad is not the center of the Deccani painting style.

In the plateau region of southern India, beyond the Vindhya mountain range, an endearing school of painting, which was distinct and strong, was nurtured and expanded under various Sultans of the Deccan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The kingdoms of Bijapur, Golconda and Ahmadnagar developed highly sophisticated and distinct school of court painting. Its unique sensuality and intense colours have strong affinity to regional aesthetics. The school preferred dense composition and attempted to create an aura of romance, which invariably expressed itself in an idiom that was eloquently natural and vivid.