French artists like Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet saw themselves working outside the main art institutions. Cafes and restaurants became important meeting places for these artists, writers, film-makers and poets. What did they meet there to discuss?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → They met to discuss the role of art in modern life.
Option (1) They met to discuss the role of art in religious life. — Incorrect. Art that decorated churches was the old tradition. It lost its meaning after the Industrial Revolution, so it was not what these artists met to talk about.
Option (2) They met to discuss the role of art in court life. — Incorrect. Art made for palaces also belonged to that old tradition. These artists worked outside such institutions.
Option (3) They met to discuss the role of art in national life. — Incorrect. Nationalism marks the story of modern art in India, where modernity and colonialism were closely connected. It was not the subject of the French meetings.
Option (4) They met to discuss the role of art in modern life. — Correct. Artists, writers, film-makers and poets met in cafes and restaurants to discuss the role of art in modern life.
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): “Tracing the Modern Indian Art …With the phenomenal development of technology after the Industrial Revolution, the traditional art that decorated churches and palaces lost its meaning. Early modern French artists like Edouard Manet, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet and others saw themselves working outside the main art institutions. Cafes and restaurants became important places for artists, writers, film-makers and poets to meet and discuss about the role of art in modern life. In India, artists like F. N. Souza and J. Swaminathan, who rebelled against art institutions, identified themselves with these western artists. What made a big difference in the story of modern Indian art is that modernity and colonialism were closely connected. Nationalism was not only a political movement that arose following the Indian Revolt of 1857…” |