Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Pahari Schools of Painting

Question:

Identify the correct options of the subject matter portrayed in to the Pahari miniature painting, titled "Nanda, Yashoda and Krishna".

(A) Krishna and Balaram are seated with their mothers
(B) Krishna and Balaram are playing with friends
(C) All the men and women are carrying household items
(D) They are going on Bullock-carts along Yamuna river in the background
(E) Krishna and Yashoda are sitting on a swing

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (C), (D)

(A), (D), (E)

(A), (E), (B)

(A), (B), (E)

Correct Answer:

(A), (C), (D)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (C), (D)

(A) Krishna and Balaram are seated with their mothers
(B) Krishna and Balaram are playing with friends
(C) All the men and women are carrying household items
(D) They are going on Bullock carts along Yamuna river in the background
(E) Krishna and Yashoda are sitting on a swing

This painting also illustrates a scene from the Bhagvata Purana and depicts Nanda with his family and relatives, travelling to Vrindavan. They found Gokul infested with demons that bothered Krishna to no end, and hence, decided to move to a safer place. In the painting, Nanda is seen leading the group on his bullock cart and is followed by another bullock cart, wherein, both brothers, Krishna and Balaram and their respective mothers, Yashoda and Rohini, are seated. Men and women carrying various household items and children are seen accompanying them. Detailing in their expressions, the activities they are indulging in are intriguing. The tilt of their heads as they talk to each other, an expression of fatigue expressed with downcast eyes because of the heaviness of load on the head and the taut stretching of arms as one firmly holds on to the vessel on the head are all examples of amazing observation and excellent skill. Kangra painters, as discussed in the earlier part of the chapter, acutely observe the landscape and represent it naturalistically. The details are eloquently expressed. One also observes a flush-cut composition, resembling a photograph, which lends naturalism to the painting.