Test: The Modern Indian Art- 1 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

The British considered fine arts as European and believed Indians lacked sensibility to create or appreciate it.

India's first nationalist art school, Kala Bhavana, was set up in 1919 as part of the newly established Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan.

Nandalal Bose's most creative students, Benode Behari Mukherjee and Ramkinker Baij, developed their own unique style of sketching and painting that could capture their immediate environment, flora and fauna, and those who lived there. Ramkinker Baij's art reflects his everyday experiences and is given to the celebration of nature.

Jamini Roy, a student of Abanindranath Tagore, rejected pursuing academic art and realized the rural, folk art in Bengal had much in common with how modern European masters painted.

S. H. Raza moved towards abstraction and used landscapes as a favorite theme.

K. C. S. Paniker established Cholamandalam, an artist village near Madras, and was a pioneer in abstraction.

Neo-Tantric art is a unique Indian abstract art that uses geometrical designs seen in traditional diagrams for meditation or yantras. It became successful in the West and later in India and is a combination of modern art and traditional Indian art.

The New Figurative Art in India drew inspiration from old miniature paintings and popular art forms like calendars and folk art. Artists like K. G. Subramanyan, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, and Bhupen Khakar in Baroda and Jogen Chowdhury, Bikash Bhattacharjee, and Ganesh Pyne in West Bengal started using storytelling in their paintings to depict the social problems that disturbed them.

Installation art in the 1990s in India provided a way for artists to combine different mediums like painting, sculpture, photography, video, and even television in one space. This medium, which could spread out into a whole hall, could fully grab the attention from all sides, providing an immersive experience.

Nalini Malani is one of India's leading contemporary artists who uses light and shadow in her work to create the illusion of movement and to convey a sense of time. Her work is a powerful critique of the patriarchal society that she grew up in.

The Neo-Tantric art movement drew inspiration from traditional diagrams for meditation or yantras. It used geometrical designs seen in these traditional diagrams to create a unique Indian abstract art.

New media artists in India during the 1990s explored themes such as migration, displacement, gender, and sexuality, as well as the potential of technology in their art. They were also interested in critiquing society and exploring political conflicts through their installations.

Benode Behari Mukherjee created the mural "The Lives of Medieval Saints."

Fresco buono was the technique used in the creation of the mural "The Lives of Medieval Saints."

M. F. Husain created a painting of Mother Teresa.