Question:
The colour schemes and subject-matter themes are very attractive in the two styles given below. Answer the following by picking your sub-school from your syllabus:
(a) Kishangarh sub-school
OR
(b) Mewar sub-school
(i) Write the name of the artist and the painting from your syllabus.
(ii) Explain any two characteristic features of this sub-school.
The colour schemes and subject-matter themes are very attractive in the two styles given below. Answer the following by picking your sub-school from your syllabus:
(a) Kishangarh sub-school
OR
(b) Mewar sub-school
(i) Write the name of the artist and the painting from your syllabus.
(ii) Explain any two characteristic features of this sub-school.
(a) Kishangarh sub-school
OR
(b) Mewar sub-school
(i) Write the name of the artist and the painting from your syllabus.
(ii) Explain any two characteristic features of this sub-school.
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Kishangarh = Bani Thani + Nihal Chand + elongated eyes + lyrical beauty.
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Option Chosen: Kishangarh Sub-school
(i) Name of the Artist and Painting:
Artist: {Nihal Chand}
Painting: {Bani Thani}
School: Kishangarh School of Rajasthani Miniature Painting
(ii) Two Characteristic Features of Kishangarh Sub-school:
1. Idealized and Stylized Facial Features:
The Kishangarh style is renowned for its highly refined and poetic representation of human figures, especially female beauty.
Typical features include:
- Long, arched eyebrows
- Lotus-shaped elongated eyes
- Sharp nose and delicate chin
- Graceful and slender body proportions
- Krishna-Radha devotion
- Romantic poetry and Bhakti traditions
- Dreamlike landscapes
- Soft color palettes
- Emotional depth and lyrical beauty
- Use of delicate pastel shades and smooth tonal transitions
- Fine and precise brushwork
- Harmonious compositions with lyrical rhythm
- Influence of court culture under Raja Sawant Singh
- The poetess and singer Vishnupriya (Bani Thani)
- Radha as the divine beloved
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