What name is given to the approach of many Indian modernists in which an artist borrowed ideas from many sources?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Eclecticism
Option (1) Eclecticism — Correct. In eclecticism, an artist borrowed ideas from many sources; Ram Kumar and Satish Gujral are examples.
Option (2) Neo-Tantric art — Incorrect. Neo-Tantric art was the Indian abstract style of the 1960s that used the geometrical designs of yantras. It is one style, not the borrowing of ideas from many sources.
Option (3) Indigenous art — Incorrect. In the indigenous approach, artists turned to native arts, not to many sources.
Option (4) Internationalism — Incorrect. In internationalism, an artist freely used the style of western modern trends like Cubism and Expressionism. It means following the West, not borrowing ideas from many sources.
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): “Abstraction – A New Trend …However, the tension between internationalism (in which an artist could freely use the style of western modern trends like Cubism, Expressionism, Abstraction, etc.) and indigenous (in which artists turned to native arts) grew acute by the late 1970s. …In that sense, eclecticism, in which an artist borrowed ideas from many sources, became an important feature of many Indian modernists, of which Ram Kumar, Satish Gujral, A. Ramachandran and Meera Mukherjee are some examples.” |