Fill in the blanks:

(a) The art form which observed carefully and tried to capture exactly what the eye saw is called_____

(b) The style of painting which showed Indian landscape as quaint, unexplored land is called_______.

(c) Paintings which showed the social lives of Europeans in India are called________.

(d) Paintings which depicted scenes from British imperial history and their victories are called ________.

Point out which of the following were brought in with British art:

(a) Oil painting

(b) Miniature

(c) Life size portrait painting

(d) Use of perspective

(e) Mural art

Describe in your own words one painting from this chapter which suggests that the British were more powerful than Indians. How does the artist depict this?

Why did the scroll painters and potters come to Kalighat? Why did they begin to paint new themes?

Why can we think of Raja Ravi Verma’s paintings as national?

In what way did the British history paintings in India reflect the attitudes of imperial conquerors?

Why do you think some artists wanted to develop a national style of art?

Why did some artists produce cheap popular prints? What influence would such prints have had on the minds of people who looked at them?