Test: The Pahari Schools of Painting- 2 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

The painting depicts the killing of Putana, the Ashta Nayikas or eight heroines, and Baramasa paintings illustrating the modes of love.

The gopis search for Krishna, enact Krishna's various lilas or feats, and play the roles of different characters in the painting.

The Abhisarika is one of the Ashta Nayikas or eight heroines, who hastens to meet her beloved braving all hazards.

The Baramasa is a theme in Indian paintings that consists of 12 folios, illustrating the modes of love or courtship appropriate to each month of the year.

The Kangra School is a painting school that emerged in the 1780s and is known for its delicate and detailed paintings.

The three styles of Indian painting are classified as Basohli, Guler, and Kangra.

Manak or Manaku and Nainsukh were two talented sons of artist Pandit Seu, and their contribution to maneuvering the style of Pahari painting from the stage of Basohli to that of Kangra is immense.

Gita Govinda is Jayadeva's most outstanding set of works, and it begins with the description of how Radha and Krishna fall in love on the banks of river Yamuna.

The source to the artist's imagination for the painting is the inscription on the reverse of the painting, which is translated as a message to Radha to meet Krishna.

The painting depicts Prince Balwant Singh of Jasrota closely observing a painting that he is holding in his hands, and he is smoking hukka, something that he usually indulged in during spells of break between work.