Name of the Board : CBSE Academic
Class : XII STD
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Subject : Commercial Art
Year : 2017-18
Website : http://cbseacademic.nic.in/SQP_CLASSXII_2017_18_final.html
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Commercial Art Question Paper :
General Instructions :
(i) All the eight questions are compulsory which carry equal marks.
Related / Similar Question Paper : CBSE XII Chemistry Question Paper 2017-18
(ii) Answers to be written for question nos.1 and 2 in about200 words each. Question nos.6, 7 and 8 are objective type.
1. Appreciate any of the following miniature-paintings included in your course of study only based on its (a) Nam of the painter (b) medium & technique (c) subject-matter and (composition) :
(a) Radha (Bani-Thani)
(b) Krishna with Gopis
2. Describe the origin and development of the Mughal or Deccan School of Miniature Painting.
3. Which human life-values are expressed in any of the following paintings of the Bengal School? Explain briefly :
(a) Shiva and Sati
(b) Journey’s End
4. Write a critical note on the compositional arrangement of any of the following contemporary (modern) Indian art-works or sculptures included in your course of study, based on the aesthetic parameters
(1) Of Walls (a graphic-print)
(2) Triumph of Labour(a sculpture)
(3) Gossip (a painting)
5. Identify any relevant painting of the Rajasthani or Pahari School of Miniature Painting included in your course of study comprising of the following features and explain them in that particular painting accordingly :
(1) The tradition of simple and straight forward compositions in the Rajasthani miniature paintings, in which main figures stand out against a flat background in dark or bright colours.
OR
(2) Depiction of the Krishna Lila themes in the Pahari miniature paintings.
6. Mention the titles of any three Mughal and two Deccani Miniature paintings included in your course of study.
7. Mention the names of those five painters of the Bengal School are included in your course of study.
8. Mention the title of the art-work done by each of the following contemporary (Modern) Indian Artists, which is included in your course of study :
(1) Gaganendranath Tagore (Painter)
(2) KamleshDuttPande (Painter)
(3) SomnathHore (Graphic-Artist)
(4) K. LaxmaGoud (Graphic-Artist)
(5) AmarnathSehgal (Sculptor)
Sample Marking Scheme :
All the instructions mentioned in the question paper must be adhered by all the candidates.
1. This is a question of understanding and long answer type.
A candidate is expected to appreciate any of following miniature painting of the Rajasthani or Pahari Schools included in the course of study duly based on the given parameters as mentioned in the question: 5 marks
(a) Radha (Bani-Thani) (Rajasthani School)
(b) Krishna with Gopis (Pahari School)
Division of Marks :
(a) Name of the painter 1 mark
(b) Medium & technique 1 marks
(c) Subject-matter 1½ marks
(d) Composition 1½ marks
2. This is a knowledge based and long answer type question. A detail account of the origin and development of the Mughal or Deccan School of Miniature Painting is to be given here.
Division of Marks : 5 marks
i. Origin 2½ marks
ii. Development 2½ marks
(a) The Mughal School of Miniature Painting :
i. Origin : During the 16th century, came into existence due to synthesis of the Persian Painting with the indigenous Indian (local) art elements at Agra, the capital city of Mughal Empire under the technical supervision/ guidance of the two Persian master painters namely Mir Sayyad Ali (Tabrejee) and Khwaja Abdus Samad (Sheerajee) at the imperial atelier established by emperor Akbar.
ii. Development : Development of the Mughal School of Miniature Painting reached its zenith under the patronage of Europe or Jahangir and during the period of Shahajahan showed the sign of declination and during the period of Aurangzeb it almost seized to function.
Mohd. Shah Rangeela did some efforts to re-strengthen the school. During the period of Aurangzeb, most of the Mughal painters fled/ migrated to the Pahari States, Patna and Murshidabad, who further played key roles in developing a new style there.
During Shahjahan perioed, provincial forms of the Mughal School also emerged at Awadh (Lucknow) and some other parts of the country.
OR
(b) The Deccan School of Miniature Painting :
The style emerged in the deccani region at the Sultanate courts of Bijapur, Golkunda, Ahmadnagar and Hyderabad during the 16th century due to synthesis/ intermingling of the Persian and Turkish art elements with the traditional art forms of the Deccan (The plateau of the Southern region).
The foreign influence came here directly through sea-routs instead of coming second hand through the Mughal School, which also flourished at the same time at North India, however Mughal flavour was added to it but at much later stage.
It also affected central Indian Painting and even the Rajasthani miniatures but upto some extent merely.