8th Class Social Science The Changing World of Visual Arts

  • question_answer 5)
     Why can we think of Raja Ravi Varma's painting as national?  

    Answer:

     We can think of Raja Ravi Varma's paintings as national because of the following reasons: (i) Raja Ravi Varma was one of the first artists who tired to create a style that was both modern and national. (ii) He mastered the western art of oil painting and realistic life study, but painted themes from Indian mythology. (iii) He dramatized on canvas, scene after scene from the Mahabharata and Ramayana, drawing on the theatrical performances of mythological stories that he witnessed during his tour of the Bombay Presidency. '  


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