The Mughal atelier gave a finished painting one last treatment. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Once a Mughal painting was complete, agate, a gemstone, was used to burnish the work.
Reason (R): Burnishing with agate set the colours and gave the painting the desired radiance.
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): Once a Mughal painting was complete, agate, a gemstone, was used to burnish the work. — True. Burnishing with agate was the last step, done after the painting was finished.
Reason (R): Burnishing with agate set the colours and gave the painting the desired radiance. — True. The burnished colours were set and the painting gained its radiance.
Why R explains A? A says agate was used on the finished work. R gives the purpose of that step: burnishing set the colours and brought out the radiance. So the artists burnished with agate because of what R states.
NCERT (2026-27): “Colours and Technique of Mughal Painting …Records tell us that the artists were given incentives and increments in their salary according to the work done. The recorded names of the master artists also informs of the position that they enjoyed in the royal atelier. Once the painting was complete, agate, a gemstone, was used to burnish the work to set the colours and give desired radiance to the painting.” |