The style of the Seu family changed during the eighteenth century. Arrange the following phases in the order in which the style passed through them:
(A) Pre-Kangra phase
(B) Kangra style
(C) Basohli idiom
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (C), (A), (B)
C. Basohli idiom — first. In the early eighteenth century, the style of the Seu family followed the Basohli idiom.
A. Pre-Kangra phase — second. From the middle of the eighteenth century, the style changed through this phase.
B. Kangra style — third. The pre-Kangra phase matured into the Kangra style.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Pahari Schools of Painting …Scholars agree that in the early eighteenth century, the style of the Seu family and others conformed to the Basohli idiom. However, from middle of the eighteenth century, the style transformed through a pre-Kangra phase, maturing into the Kangra style. This abrupt transformation in style and beginning of experimentation, which gave rise to varied stylistic idioms related to different Pahari centres, is largely ascribed to responses by various artist families and paintings (especially, the Mughal style) that were introduced in the Pahari kingdoms.” |