42. the Bengal School of painting, often called as the renaissance school or revivalist school was founded by
42. the Bengal School of painting, often called as the renaissance school or revivalist school was founded by
The correct option is A a) Abanindranath Tagore
42 Ans.A
Explanation: In Bengal, a new group of nationalist artists gathered around Abinandranatha Tagore (1871-1951). Abanindranath Tagore was a nephew of Rabindranath Tagore. This new group of painters rejected the art of Raja Ravi Varma as imitative and westernized. They declared that such a style was unsuitable for depicting the nation’s ancient myths and legends. This group felt that a genuine Indian style of painting must draw the inspiration from the non-western art tradition and should try to capture the spiritual essence of the East. So, these artists started doing experiments. They did the following things: They broke away from the tradition of oil painting and broke away from the realistic style of Raja Ravi Varma and company artists The turned to the inspiration to medieval Indian traditions of the miniature paintings and ancient art of mural paintings in Ajanta Caves. The paintings of Ajanta and Bagh, Mogul, Rajput and Pahari miniatures provided the models
a) Abanindranath Tagore
42 Ans.A
Explanation: In Bengal, a new group of nationalist artists gathered around Abinandranatha Tagore (1871-1951). Abanindranath Tagore was a nephew of Rabindranath Tagore. This new group of painters rejected the art of Raja Ravi Varma as imitative and westernized. They declared that such a style was unsuitable for depicting the nation’s ancient myths and legends. This group felt that a genuine Indian style of painting must draw the inspiration from the non-western art tradition and should try to capture the spiritual essence of the East. So, these artists started doing experiments. They did the following things: They broke away from the tradition of oil painting and broke away from the realistic style of Raja Ravi Varma and company artists The turned to the inspiration to medieval Indian traditions of the miniature paintings and ancient art of mural paintings in Ajanta Caves. The paintings of Ajanta and Bagh, Mogul, Rajput and Pahari miniatures provided the models
