Chapter 6
The Bengal School and Cultural Nationalism
Exercise
1. Collect a local newspaper of the past two weeks. Select images and text from these that you consider important in the life of modern democratic state of India. With the help of these visuals and texts, compile an album that narrates the story of an independent sovereign India in the contemporary world.
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2. Comment on the importance of the Bengal School artists in the making of a national style of art?
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3. Write your view on any one painting by Abanindranath Tagore.
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4. Which art traditions of India inspired the Bengal School artists?
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5. What were the themes that Jamini Roy painted after he abandoned the academic style of painting?
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