Indian Paintings Notes, FREE PDF & Quiz

1. What surface is characteristic of mural painting?

2. Which feature is most associated with miniature painting in the lecture?

3. Which of these is mentioned as a support for miniature painting?

4. Which pairing is correctly matched?

5. Which is listed as an important Indian miniature tradition?

6. Which is described as a major surviving example of classical mural painting?

7. Which painting support is generally portable?

8. In which state are the Bhimbetka rock shelters located?

9. Bhimbetka is especially associated with which art form?

10. Bhimbetka received UNESCO World Heritage status in which year?

11. Which motif is described in Bhimbetka art?

12. Which term is associated with simplified prehistoric human figures?

13. Near which city does the lecture locate Bhimbetka?

14. What kind of site is Bhimbetka?

15. Which state is associated with the early historic Jogimara caves?

16. Ajanta caves are located in which state?

17. What is the principal religious affiliation of Ajanta cave complexes?

18. Which literature strongly informs Ajanta paintings?

19. Which image is associated with Ajanta Cave 1?

20. What does Padmapani characteristically hold?

21. Who are represented in Ajanta’s Buddhist devotional imagery?

22. Which of these is also a major subject at Ajanta?

23. Which courtly period is linked to an important later phase of Ajanta patronage?

24. According to the lecture, what must be prepared before painting a rough cave wall?

25. In the basic technical distinction, fresco involves painting on what?

26. Which term is used in the lecture for much dry-ground painting?

27. What was a key source for traditional Ajanta pigments?

28. Why was a binding ground needed on cave walls?

29. Which of these is a visual subject at Ajanta?

30. Which option correctly contrasts wet and dry grounds?

31. Which named figure appears alongside Padmapani in the discussion of Cave 1?

32. Which ruler is associated with the Pallava artistic and rock-cut temple context?

33. Mandagapattu is discussed in relation to which dynasty?

34. Which site is linked with the Jain mural tradition in Tamil Nadu?

35. Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur is especially connected to which dynasty?

36. Which Chola ruler is linked with the Brihadisvara Temple?

37. Which royal figure is linked with Gangaikonda Cholapuram?

38. Which deity’s forms feature prominently in the lecture’s Chola mural discussion?

39. Tripurantaka is an iconographic form of which deity?

40. The Pala manuscript painting tradition is chiefly associated with which region?