The Kavad, a portable wooden shrine whose doors open panel by panel as a story is told, is made at
- A.Bassi in Chittorgarh
- B.Molela in Rajsamand
- C.Pokhran in Jaisalmer
- D.Sanganer in Jaipur
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The correct answer is A, Bassi in Chittorgarh district. A Kavad is a small shrine made of mango wood, painted a deep red and covered with figures of gods and heroes, and fitted with several hinged panels. A storyteller called a Kavadiya Bhat carries it from house to house and opens one panel after another as the narration moves forward, so that the object works as both a portable temple and an illustrated book. The craft is practised by the Suthar carpenter families of Bassi. B, Molela is known for terracotta votive plaques of folk deities, not for the Kavad. C, Pokhran is known for its pottery. D, Sanganer near Jaipur is known for hand-block printing and for handmade paper, which are textile and paper crafts rather than painted shrines.
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View allThe famous painting Bani Thani belongs to which school of Rajasthani painting?
- A.Bundi
- B.Kishangarh
- C.Nathdwara
- D.Bikaner
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- 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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A Pichhwai is a large painting on cloth that is hung behind the image of Shrinathji in the temple, the word itself meaning that which hangs at the back, and it is changed according to the season and the festival being observed.
Read the full explanation →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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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.
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