Question

who does a patron support?
(a)Artist
(b)Craftsperson
(c)Learned man or noble
(d)All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: -Patron is an individual who supports an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement.
-He is also an entity whose assistance or protection is sought or recognised by the dedication of a book or other work.
-A patron's primary role is to lend prestige and endorse.

Complete answer: -An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to the production of art, the performing of art, or demonstration of the art. For example- painters, dancers, musician, decorators etc.
King Akbar gave patronage to, Tansen(musician), painters like Jaswant and Basawan.
-A Craftsperson is Someone who is highly skilled at their Work and who produces arts and crafts. A craftsperson is a very skilled worker in the manual arts.
For example- weavers, potters, handloom workers, furniture makers etc.
Crafts like pashmina weaving, Meenakari art, cotton weavers etc were given patronage by regional rulers.
-A learned person is someone who has studied one or more disciplines through extensive research, someone who does scholarly work. In other words an intelligent and educated person. Example brahmins/priests, writers, mathematicians, scholars.
Scholars like Kalidasa, varruchi, varahamihira were given patronage by Gupta ruler, Chandragupta ll. King Harshvardhan gave patronage to poet Bana Bhatta.
Hence, the correct option is D, All of above.

Note: Time and again kings patronised different religious sects, Buddhism by Ashoka and Kanishka, Hinduism by Shung rulers etc. During the Gupta period, Mughal period, and local rulers during the medieval time provided patronage for development of art and architecture, in the form of different schools of art. Mathematicians, scholars, teachers like Dhanvantari, Jeewak, Varruchi etc were also given assistance.