paintings Flashcards
(92 cards)
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how was the evolution of painting
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black
ochre
white
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what are cupules
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humaan made depression on bhimetka
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what did green painting signify and what did red painiting signify
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green was for dancers and red for hunters
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which color was not easily available for ancient period
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blue
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what was speciality of upper paleolithic painting
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made on quartzite caves and used ochre color
large painting less painting
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mesolithic painting speciality
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smaller size and showed group hunting
red color dominance
and more themes
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which animals were found in bhimbetka
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bison, bear, tiger cattle snake barasingha spotted dear
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chalcolithic painting speciality
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yellow color newly found
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what are petroglyps
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engraved in rocks
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sites of chalcolithic paintings
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jogimara 1000BC ramgarh hills
chitwa dongri - chinese riding a donkey, drgaon and agri scenes
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what are kupgallu, piklihal and tekkalkotta
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chalcolithic painting sites
piklihal karn
tekkalkota karn where trident was found
kupgallu telangana
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where is lakhudiyar and what is the speciality
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near suyal river UK
long snouted animal and human hand linked dancing figures found
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where is narsinghgarh
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MP
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ghodsar and kohbar
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chattisgarh and chinese figurines found
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ajanta cave painting belonged to which school
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madhydesha school
400 CE by ajanta
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who patronized ajanta
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satvanhans and vakataka
and consisted of mainly buddhists cave
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boddhistattva in ajanta
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vajrapnani, manjushri, padmapani
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cave 9 and cave 10
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built by satvahans and had shaddanta jatak on cave 10
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cave 16
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dying princess
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cave 17
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buddha returning home
flying apsara
indira image
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where is mahajank jatak
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cave 1 and cave 2
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is ajanta true fresco
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both mural and fresco
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what is shibi jatak
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offered own flesh to pigeon buddha
present in ajanta caves
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matri poshaka jatka
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ungrateful man saved by elephant give the wherebaout of king
ajanta caves
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other themes of ajanta
persian ambassador in king chalukya pulakeshin 2 court
| foreigners drinking wine and visiting buddha
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what are the other famous painting in ajanta
naga king and his consort
| mahaparinirvana of buddha
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where is bagh cave situated
near river baghani
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which school bagh cave belonged to
madhyadeshika
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when was bagh cave painted is it secular
during ajanta period and was secular like ajanta
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which is famous painting of bagh cave
cave 4 rangmahal
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where is pachantantra painting of cunning fox story found
lothal on red ware
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which potware was commonly found in vedic period
painted greyware
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which pottery did mahajanapadas made
NWPW
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ellora cave built
600 -1000 BC
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who patronized ellora cave
rashtrakuta and yadava-jains
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where is kailashnath temple found and who built it
cave 16 and built by rashtrakuta
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where is vishwakarma cave
in ellora caves and buddha is found in vyakana position
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dasaavatar temple and rameshwar temple found in
ellora caves
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indra sabha and jaganath sabha
jain cave in ellora
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elephanta caves
6th AD by kalachuri dynasty
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what are famous painting found in elephanta
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dedicated to shaivism and paintings include
trimurti
gangadhara
ardhanrishwara
kalyansundara
natraja
ravanugraha
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badami paintings include
tandava
vishnu as trivikarma
jaina sculptures like parshavanath and bahubali
4 armed bramha swan
patronized by magalesha - chalukyan king
made of sandstones
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where is the vidyarana painting found
he was spiritual guru of bukkaraya harsha and his painting commonly found in virupaksha temple
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in which temple is lepakshi painitng
veerbhadra temple and painting has complete absence of primary colors
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which were other painting from nayaka school
In Tiruvarur, there is a panel narrating the story of Machukunda.
In the Srikrishna temple in Arcot District tnarrating the story of the Ramayana,
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painting at thiruparakuram belong to which school
earlier it was vijaynagar later nayaka also Earlier paintings depict scenes from the life of Vardhamana Mahavira Mahabharata and Ramayana and also scenes from Krishna Leela.
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which king is denoted in mandagapattu and which school did it belong
The inscriptions at Mandagapattu mentions Mahendravarman I with numerous titles such as Vichitrachitta (curious minded), Chitrakarapuli (tiger among artists), Chaityakari (temple builder), which shows his interests in art activities.
PALLAVA
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who patronizzed the painting at kanchipuram
Paintings in Kanchipuram temple were patronized by the Pallava king, Rajasimha.
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what is sittavansal cave also called as
ariyar koil built in 2nd CE but painting from 7 th CE
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what are 2 famous temple caves at sittavansal
panamlai and tirumalapuram (pandya dynasty)
| it was jain temple (mahendravrman)
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what is samavasarana
it is a hall where tirthankar delivered sermon at sittavasnal
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ravana chaya
early FRANCO painting belonging to odisha school
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kerala mural
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Kerala painters (16th to 18th century) evolved a pictorial language
kalam ezhutu belong to this group
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what is miniature painting
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very small (25 sq inch) and 1/6th of the actual size and can be done on any medium
derived from the word minimum which means red lead paint
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what are two famous miniature painting schools
pala 8-12th CE
apabhramsa
mughal
rajput
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what was speciality of pala painting
drawn on leaf or vellum painting
lost and lonely figures
savachasma face
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prominent painters dhimman and vitapala belong to
pala school
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astasahastrika prajnaparamita
pala painting which is perfection of wisdom personified by female diety by mahayana buddhism
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where did apabhramsa school originate
GJ and mewar
| 11 - 15 first jaina then vaishnava therefore brought concepts of gitagovinda and secular love in painting
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kalpasutr and kalakacharya katha depicted in
apabhramsa school
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what is nimatnama
The Nimatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi is Indian cookbook, written by ghiyath seth malwa ruler
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who wrote miftah ul futuh
Miftah-ul-Futuh also known as “Key to the Victories” was composed by Amir Khusro in honour of Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji.
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who wrote nuh siphir
Khusrau wrote a masnavi on Mubarak Shah Khalji called Nuh Sipihr (Nine Skies), which described the events of Mubarak Shah Khalji's reign
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tughlaq nama
Amir Khusrau wrote TughlaqNama in 1321 about how Ghiyath al-Din Tughlaq had established the Tughlaq dynasty and how Tughlaqs had reigned over Delhi Sultanate .
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sabaq i hindi
Sabaq-i-hindi: Poetical form of Amir Khusrau - Art & Culture ... It means style of India. He also created new ragas like ainam, ghora, sanam, etc.
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mughal painting speciality
subject matter is indian and ornamentation was persian
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persian artist behzad belong to
babur and was originally from taimur dynasty
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painters during humayun
brought abdus samvad and mir sayyid ali
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who commisioned the work of dastan e amir hamza
humayun
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what was the speciality of painting during akbar
human figures for the 1st time was introduced during akbar
coins minted had zodiac signs
he started tasvir khana and court art during akbar was quite famous
3 D figures with use of calligraphy
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who was called shirin kalam
abdul samad
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what is maktab khana
translation house
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who wrote tutinama
nakshabi
Tutinama, literal meaning "Tales of a Parrot", is a 14th-century series of 52 stories in Persian. , especially a version containing 250 miniature paintings was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor, Akbar i
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hamzanama
The Hamzanama or Dastan-e-Amir Hamza narrates the legendary exploits of Amir Hamza, an uncle of Muhammad.
The series of 1400 paintings on cloth was directed by two Iranian master artists, Mir Sayyed Ali and Khwaja Abd-as Samad. commisioned during akbar
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anwar i suaheli
The Anwar-i-Suhaili, written by Hussain Ali Waiz, is a Persian version of the Panchatantra.
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razmnama
The Razmnāma (Book of War) (رزم نامہ) is a Persian translation of the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. done by basavan
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who drew ramayana
abdul qadir badayuni
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who were notable painters during akbar
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mir sayyid ali
kwaja abdur samvad
bihzad
bhag
miskin
basavam
manohar
daulat
mansur
kesu
lal
shankar govardhan
dasvantha
mukund
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who was first scholar to translate text from sankrit to persian
zia nakshabi
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jahangir time timing
zebra turkey cock he himself was painter and drawn many portraits
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who drew jahangir and sufi saint shaikh hassain
bicht painter
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ustad mansoor
famous bird painter during jahangir
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abul hassan
animal painter during jahangir
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bhimbasan das and inayat and aqa riza and mukhlis was famous painter during
jahangir
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who commisioned ayar i danish
animal fable book during jahangir
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shahajahan painting speciality
reduced liveliness one sided painting and european influence with increased use of gold and silver
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whose painting included james 1
jahangir
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abdul hamid lahori
padshahnama
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shah jahanama
inayat khan
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painters bichter anup and chaitraman belong to
shahjahan
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who revived painting after aurangazeb
bahadur shah
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who wrote tarif e hussain shahi
nizam shah
