Static Quiz 09 February 2023 (Art & Culture)

Lingayatism: Also known as Veershaivism, it is a distinct Shaivite tradition which believes in monotheism through worship centered on Lord Shiva in the form of linga. It rejects the authority of the Vedas and the caste system. The tradition was established in the 12th century AD by Basavanna.

The first talking film was Alam Ara, which was produced by the Imperial Film Company and directed by Ardeshir Irani. It was screened at Majestic Cinema in Bombay in 1931. Hence Statement 1 is incorrect.

India witnessed the first motion picture in the late 1910s and was introduced by late Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, also popularly known as Dada Saheb Phalke; through the film “Raja Harishchandra” (It was a silent film). He is also considered to be the “Father of Indian cinema”.

All films have to get a Censor Board certificate. Even the foreign films that are imported to India have to get a CBFC certification. All the films that are dubbed from one language to another have to get a fresh certificate to ensure that the language change is not offensive in any manner. Hence Statement 2 is incorrect.

The Great Indian circus was the first modern Indian circus, founded by Vishnupant Chatre, an accomplished equestrian and singer. It flourished under the patronage of the Raja of Kurduwadi, under whom Chatre worked as a stable master. Hence statement 1 is correct.

Government of India enforced a ban on the use of wild animals for the purpose of entertainment in 1997, a typical genre of performance and attraction for the audience hence ceased to exist. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.

The caves of Bhimbetka were discovered in 1957–58 by eminent archaeologist V.S.
Wakankar and later on many more were discovered. Wakankar spent several years in
surveying these inaccessible hills and jungles to study these paintings.

The themes of paintings found here are of great variety, ranging from mundane events of daily
life in those times to sacred and royal images. These include hunting, dancing, music, horse
and elephant riders, animal fighting, honey collection, decoration of bodies, and other
household scenes. The rock art of Bhimbetka has been classified into various groups on the
bases of style, technique and superimposition. The drawings and paintings can be catagorised
into seven historical periods. Period I, Upper Palaeolithic; Period II, Mesolithic; and Period III,
Chalcolithic.

The artists of Bhimbetka used many colours, including various shades of white, yellow, orange,
red ochre, purple, brown, green and black. But white and red were their favourite colours.

Abanindranath Tagore, the nephew of Rabindranath Tagore, was one of the most prominent

artists of Bengal school of art in India. He was the first major supporter of swadeshi values in

Indian art.

The contribution of Abanindranath Tagore towards Indian art and culture are:

Bengal School of Art:

He first created the ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’ and later went on to establish

Bengal school of art. Hence statement 1 is correct.

He believed that Indian art and its art forms gave importance to spirituality as opposed to the

West which stressed on materialism, thus rejecting it. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.

His idea of modernizing Mughal and Rajput paintings eventually gave rise to modern Indian

painting, which took birth at his Bengal school of art.

Most of his works revolved around Hindu philosophy.