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The Changing World of Visual Arts
Why did some artists produce cheap popular prints? What influence would such prints have had on the minds of people who looked at them?
Some artists produced cheap popular prints so that even the poor could afford them. Such prints made mixed influences on the minds of those who saw them.
For some, these prints were sentimental while for the others, spiritualism could not be seen as the central feature of the Indian culture. They felt that artists had to explore real life instead of illustrating ancient books. They must look for inspiration for living folk art and tribal designs rather than ancient art forms. As the debates continued, new movements of art grew and styles of art changed.
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Point out which of the following were brought in with British art:
Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?
Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings as national?
In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?
Why do you think some artists wanted to develop national style of art?
Why did some artists produce cheap popular prints? What influence would such prints have had on the minds of people who looked at them?
The storming of Seringapatam was painted by
Mural painting means
Scroll painters were commonly known as
Abanindranath Tagore and a new group of nationalist artists rejected the art of Ravi Verma because
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