Different Types and Styles of Painting and Sculpting

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What is Bhimbetka famous for?

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Why is Mona Lisa considered the perfectly beautiful creation ever?

Q. The temple of Kailasa at Verul is a unique monolithic sculpture. What is the meaning of monolithic sculpture?

1. Carved on wood
2. Carved on stone bricks
3. Carved on rocks
4. Carved out of a single rock

Q. Which of these statements are true about Indian iconography?

1. It is an art of creating sculptures of Indian gods and goddesses.
2. Mathura school of art began the foundation of Indian iconography.
3. Gupta period saw a decline in iconography.
4. Bronze idols of gods and goddesses were developed during the Kushana period.

Q. The paintings of Mughal period were influenced by __________.

1. British style
2. Persian style
3. Peshwa style
4. European style

Q. The largest stupa in the world is situated in .

1. Indonesia
2. Malaysia
3. Thailand

Q. The J J School of Art and Industry was established in Bombay in .

1. 1856
2. 1857
3. 1858

Q. The field of art that studies the symbols and images including those of gods and goddesses is called .

1. idolatry
2. iconography
3. folklore

Q. This archaeological site in central India spans the prehistoric, paleolithic and mesolithic periods. It exhibits the earliest traces of human life in the Indian subcontinent. This site contains over 750 rock shelters. It was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 2003. Identify this site?

1. Bodhisattva
2. Bhimbetka
3. Ajanta
4. Ellora

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding Chitrakathi paintings?

1. The Chitrakathi is also the name of an occupational caste whose traditional livelihood was to narrate stories aided with pictures.
2. The theme of Chitrakathi paintings includes stories on Mughal conquest of India.
3. More than 50 paintings together form a bundle or pothi, which is used by the artist to narrate the story.
4. Chitrakathi artists are a community of migrating story tellers found all over Maharashra and some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Q. Which of these statements about the art of painting are correct?

1. Roopbheda was the study of different shapes and forms.
2. Bhava was the study of aesthetics.
3. Pramana was the study of proportionate depiction of various features in an image.
4. Varnikabhang depicts the expressions of an image.

Q. In the _______, sculpting of Indian gods and goddesses into icons began.

1. Mauryan Period
2. Kushana Period
3. Gupta Period
4. Chola Period

Q. Carving out stone sculptures of larger size is believed to have begun in the Gupta period.

1. True
2. False

Q. The kings of the Pandyan empire developed the art of making bronze images during the 9th to 13th century.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following statement is not true about the folk style sculptural art?

1. The custom of making clay images for rituals is as old as the Harappan period.
2. Carving tools out of stone were the beginning of sculptural art.
3. Warli is an art of sculpting images of Gods and Goddesses.
4. Ajanta Caves are an example of sculpture art in India.

Q. Which of these sculptures was made during the Mauryan reign in the 3rd century BC?

1. The Kailasa temple of Velur
2. The Ashoka Pillars
3. Sanchi Stupa
4. Ajanta Caves

Q. Im a world famous painting done by Leonardo da Vinci. In which museum can you find me?

1. National Museum of Natural History
   
2. Louvre Museum
3. National Museum, Delhi
4. British Museum

Q. Which among the following surface is not suitable for a painting?

1. Rocks and walls
2. Papers and canvases
3. Earthen pots
4. Liquid surface

Q. what was humayun contribution to the art of painting?lesson is flowering of regional cultures

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What led to 3 types of flows in Britain in late 18th and 19th century?

Q. Explain the skills and knowledge of paleolithic people

Q. Which is the best version of the underlined part of sentence 4 (reproduced below) ?
And so it remained, and even later, in 1969, the donation of one of his paintings to the Smithsonian Institution aroused new interest in the art of this American master.

1. No change
2. Remained, and even after that, in 1969
3. Remained, but even then, in 1969
4. Remained until 1969, when
5. Remained when in 1969

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FAMOUS INDIAN CRICKETER WAX STATUE WAS UNVIELD AT MADAME TUSSADS MUSEUM IN LONDON 2013