Question

What is scroll painting?

• A. Painting on a roll of paper
• B. Painting on leather
• C. Painting on wood block
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Painting on a roll of paper

In Bengal, around the pilgrimage centre of the temple of Kalighat, local village scroll painters (called patuas) and potters (called kumors in eastern India and kumhars in north India) began developing a new style of art. Many of the late-nineteenth-century Kalighat paintings depict social life under British rule. They made fun of the westernised baboo, criticised the corrupt priests, and warned against women moving out of their homes. They often expressed the anger of common people against the rich, and the fear many people had about dramatic changes of social norms.