Observe the image given below and answer the following questions.
Which of the following statement does not relate to this painting?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The artist borrowed volume, rhythm, decorative clarity and instrumentality of the pat in his artworks.
City in the Night is Gaganendranath Tagore’s painting in the language of Cubism. The pat is the folk painting of Bengal, and the line about it belongs to Jamini Roy.
Option (1) The painting is mysteriously illuminated by artificial light — Relates to this painting (Incorrect). The artificial light is a feature of the theatre. It shows his involvement with his uncle Rabindranath Tagore’s plays, staged in their house.
Option (2) The artist painted an interplay of diamond-shaped planes and prismatic colours — Relates to this painting (Incorrect). These planes and colours give a broken, glittering light to the mountain ranges of the city.
Option (3) The artist borrowed volume, rhythm, decorative clarity and instrumentality of the pat in his artworks. — Does not relate to this painting (Correct). Jamini Roy borrowed these qualities from the pat, as in his Woman with Child. Gaganendranath’s painting comes from Cubism instead.
Option (4) The artist made use of multiple viewpoint and multi-faceted shapes with jagged edges. — Relates to this painting (Incorrect). He used these features of Cubism to show his imaginary cities.
NCERT (2026-27): “City in the Night …He visualised the mysterious world of his imaginary cities like Dwarka (Lord Krishna’s legendary abode) or Swarnapuri (The Golden City) through multiple viewpoints, multi-faceted shapes and jagged edges of Cubism. He painted an interplay of diamond-shaped planes and prismatic colours, resulting in fragmented luminosity to render the mountain ranges of the city. Zigzag planes together are able to create a tight formal structure of the painting. The painting is mysteriously illuminated by artificial light, one of the features of theatre.…” “Woman with Child …The two-dimensional nature of the painting is derived from pat paintings and his search for simplicity and pure form is visible. Roy borrowed volume, rhythm, decorative clarity and instrumentality of the pat in his artworks.…” |