Question

The Mughal School of Painting was interested in portraying __________.
(A) Mughal Court
(B) Domestic Subjects
(C) Scenes from the Indian classics
(D) The scenes of their motherland

Answer 1

Hint: The Mughal School of Painting had deliberately portrayed the battlefields, the love scenes and the story of the victory of many famous Mughal Emperors. The Mughal Paintings were the complete blend of the Persian style and Indian style. Most of the paintings of the Mughal Era were made from marble with the tincture of gold colour in it.

Complete answer:
The Mughal School of Painting flourished during the time of Great Akbar. The Mughal Arts were the combination of Islamic, Persian and Indian styles. The Mughal School of Paintings mainly focused on portraying all about the Mughal Court. They love to characterize the animals, birds with realistic portraiture. These paintings were pictured either in the books or also with single work to be framed in an album. The Mughal School of Paintings flourished the most from 16th to 18th century.
The main features of the paintings of Mughal School were:
1. The paintings that were designed at that time were very small in size and hence they were known as ‘miniature paintings'.
2. As known, Mughal arts consists of Indian culture yet it never represents the daily life of the Indians.
3. The Mughal paintings remain captured to the Mughal Court only and it never reaches the people.
4. The equal focus was laid on books of Ramayana and Mahabharata.
So, the correct answer is Option A.

Note: Tutinama which is known as the ‘Tales of Parrot' is the masterpiece of Mughals styles of Paintings. Mir Sayyed Ali and Abdus Samad Khan were the two artists of Mughal Court under whose artwork the Mughal School of Painting reaches to every corner of the world. The Mughal arts acquired a large charm in the rule of Jahangir.