Test: Later Mural Traditions- 2 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Stylistically speaking, the painting found in Badami represents an extension of the tradition of mural painting from Ajanta to Badami in South India.

Paintings in this cave depict palace scenes, showing Kirtivarman seated inside the palace with his wife and feudatories watching a dance scene.

The murals in the temples of Brihadeswara at Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Darasuram in Tamil Nadu depict various themes, such as scenes from the life of Shiva, his marriage with Parvati, and the different forms of Shiva, such as Nataraja, Ardhanarishvara, and Dakshinamurti.

The background is painted in various shades of blue and green, representing the sky and nature.

Vijayanagara Dynasty (14th-16th centuries) captured and controlled the region from Hampi to Trichy, with Hampi as its capital.

The Vijayanagara Dynasty captured and controlled a region from Hampi to Trichy, with Hampi as its capital, and that many paintings survive in a number of temples, including those in Tiruparakunram and Hampi's Virupaksha temple.

Nayaka paintings depict scenes from Mahabharata and Ramayana, as well as stories related to Shiva and Vishnu, and that most narrations in Kerala murals are based on episodes from Hindu mythology that were popular in Kerala.

Male figures in Nayaka paintings are shown slim-waisted but with less heavy abdomen compared to those in Vijayanagara paintings.

Kerala painters evolved a pictorial language and technique of their own, taking cues from contemporary traditions like Kathakali and kalam ezhuthu, and that most narrations in Kerala murals are based on episodes from Hindu mythology that were popular in Kerala.

Murals are still prevalent in different parts of the country, including pithoro in parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat, Mithila painting in northern Bihar's Mithila region, warli paintings in Maharashtra, and paintings on walls in villages of Odisha, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh, but does not mention Tamil Nadu in this context.