NCERT Solutions for Class 8 Social Science Our Past Iii Part Ii Chapter 10 The Changing World Of Visual Arts

The art form which observed carefully and tried to capture exactly what the eye saw is called __________.

The style of painting which showed Indian landscape as a quaint, unexplored land is called __________.

Paintings which showed the social lives of Europeans in India are called ___________.

 Paintings which depicted scenes from British imperial history and their victories are called ______________.

Point out which of the following were brought in with British art:

• oil painting

• miniature

• life-size portrait painting

• use of perspective

• use of perspective

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?