The Mughal atelier developed a style of its own. Consider the followi…

The Mughal atelier developed a style of its own. Consider the following statements about Mughal painting:

(A) In the Hamza Nama painting Spies Attack the City of Kaymar, the space is sharply cut and divided.

(B) The Mughal style emphasised flat perspective, strong use of lines and bold modelling of figures.

(D) The base surface of the Hamza Nama folios is cloth, with paper at the back for the narrative text.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (C) and (D) only

A. In the Hamza Nama painting Spies Attack the City of Kaymar, the space is sharply cut and divided. — Correct. The scene has much action, so the space is cut into parts and the story can be read part by part.
B. The Mughal style emphasised flat perspective, strong use of lines and bold modelling of figures. — Incorrect. These are features of the indigenous Indian style. The Mughal style offered subtlety and finesse, with almost three-dimensional figures.
C. Mughal paintings were made on handmade paper, which was prepared especially for this purpose. — Correct. Mughal paintings were made on handmade paper prepared especially for this purpose.
D. The base surface of the Hamza Nama folios is cloth, with paper at the back for the narrative text. — Correct. The Hamza Nama folios were large and painted on cloth; the text for the narrator was written on the paper at the back.

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NCERT (2026-27): “The Mughal School of Miniature Painting The pre–Mughal and parallel indigenous schools of paintings in India had their strong distinct style, aesthetics and purpose. The indigenous Indian style emphasised on flat perspective, strong use of lines, vivid colour palette, and bold modelling of figures and architecture. The Mughal style offered subtlety and finesse, portrayed almost three-dimensional figures and created optical reality.”

“…The emperor took great interest in both pictorial narrative, as well as, recitation of Hamza Nama. Because of the peculiar function of these paintings, their format is large. The base surface is cloth with paper at the back, on which the narrative text is written to help the narrator and the technique applied is gouache, which is water-based and in opaque colours.…In Hamza Nama painting, Spies Attack the City of Kaymar (1567–82), the space is sharply cut and divided so as to facilitate visual reading of the narrative.”

“Colours and Technique of Mughal Painting The painters in the atelier were also masters of art making colours. Mughal paintings were made on handmade paper, which was prepared especially for this purpose. The colours were opaque and were obtained from natural sources by grinding and mixing pigments to obtain perfect shades of colours.”