The earliest dated set of Ragamala paintings of the Mewar school was made at Chawand in 1605 by which artist?
- A.Sahibdin
- B.Nisardin
- C.Manohar
- D.Bagta
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Nisardin, who painted the Ragamala set at Chawand in 1605 during the reign of Maharana Amar Singh I. Chawand had become the seat of Mewar after Maharana Pratap moved his capital there, and this set is the first securely dated work of the Mewar school, which is why it is asked so often. A Ragamala is a series in which each musical mode is given a visual form, with a season, a time of day and a mood attached to it. A, Sahibdin worked a generation later at Udaipur under Maharana Jagat Singh I. C, Manohar is another Mewar painter of the same later workshop. D, Bagta belonged to the Devgarh sub-style of Mewar in the eighteenth century, long after Chawand. Remember the pair Chawand with 1605 and Nisardin, because it is the single most frequently set fact about the beginnings of the Mewar school.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Bundi
- B.Kishangarh
- C.Nathdwara
- D.Bikaner
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Read the full explanation →Who painted the Bani Thani portrait?
- A.Sahibdin
- B.Nihal Chand
- C.Sahib Ram
- D.Ruknuddin
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Nihal Chand developed the elongated, idealised face that defines the Kishangarh style and used it for Radha and Krishna as well as for the single portrait now called Bani Thani, often set against the water of the Gundalao lake.
Read the full explanation →Which school of Rajasthani painting is most famous for its hunting or shikar scenes?
- A.Mewar
- B.Kota
- C.Jaipur
- D.Jodhpur
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Kota separated from Bundi in the seventeenth century and, while it inherited Bundi's feeling for dense forest and water, it turned that setting to a subject of its own, the royal hunt.
Read the full explanation →Pichhwai paintings are chiefly associated with which place in Rajasthan?
- A.Nathdwara
- B.Bundi
- C.Shekhawati
- D.Kishangarh
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Read the full explanation →The Chitrashala, famous for its wall paintings, is located in which city of Rajasthan?
- A.Bundi
- B.Alwar
- C.Jaisalmer
- D.Nagaur
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The Chitrashala is a gallery within the Garh Palace of Bundi, built in the time of Rao Raja Ummed Singh, and its walls and ceilings carry some of the finest murals in Rajasthan, painted in the blue and green that the Bundi style loves.
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