In which category of art does Benode Behari Mukherjee’s Medieval Saints at Shantiniketan fall?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Mural
Medieval Saints is a mural: Benode Behari Mukherjee painted it on the walls of Hindi Bhavana, not as a small painting on paper, a sculpture or a print.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Introduction to Modernism in India …Rather than making paintings around well-known epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, Benode Behari Mukherjee was drawn to the lives of medieval saints. On the walls of Hindi Bhavana in Shantiniketan, he made a mural called Medieval Saints, in which he charts a history of medieval India through the lives of Tulsi Das, Kabir and others, and focuses on their humane teachings.” |