City in the Night is a watercolour painting by Gaganendranath Tagore. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): City in the Night is mysteriously illuminated by artificial light, one of the features of theatre.
Reason (R): Being involved in his uncle Rabindranath Tagore’s play staged in their house, the painter took many references of stage props and artificial stage lighting.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Assertion (A): City in the Night is mysteriously illuminated by artificial light, one of the features of theatre. — True. The painting glows with a stage-like light.
Reason (R): Being involved in his uncle Rabindranath Tagore’s play staged in their house, the painter took many references of stage props and artificial stage lighting. — True. The play gave him many references of stage props and artificial stage lighting.
Why R explains A? Because Gaganendranath was involved in the play, he took many references from the stage: props, partition screens and artificial stage lighting. So the theatre light of the play is what lights up the painting.
NCERT (2026-27): “City in the Night …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. It shows his involvement with his uncle Rabindranath Tagore’s play staged in their house. The painter has taken many references of stage props, partition screens, overlapping planes and artificial stage lighting.” |