Name of the Board : CBSE Academic
Class : XII STD
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Subject : Sculpture
Year : 2017-18
Website : http://cbseacademic.nic.in/SQP_CLASSXII_2017_18_final.html
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Sculpture Sample Question Paper :
General Instructions :
(i) All the eight questions are compulsory which carry equal marks.
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(ii) Answers to be written for question nos.1 and 2 in about200 word each. Question nos.6, 7 and 8 are objective type.
1. Which one do you like or dislike most among all the contemporary (modern) Indian sculptures included in your course of study? Give your appropriate reasons in detail based on the aesthetic parameters.
2. Write an essay on the origin and development of the Rajasthani or Pahari School of Miniature Painting.
3. Do you receive any spiritual message from the famous Mughal miniature painting ‘Kabir and Raidas’ or famous Deccani miniature-painting?‘Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusro?’Explain in short.
4. Identify any relevant painting of the Bengal School included in your course of study comprising of the following features and explain them in that painting accordingly :
(a) The creation of mystic and mellow style by using gloomy colouring with diffused light background and absence of any dark line or tone, which provide the experience of the astral-world.
OR
(b) The delineation of attenuated human figures with extra elongated limbs and tapering fingers, which reflect the influence of the Rajasthani, Pahari and Mughal miniatures. Hence emphasis on the European realism is terminated.
5. Evaluate the artistic achievements of any of the following Contemporary (Modern) Indian artists, with special reference to his/her art-work included in your course :
(i) KamleshDuttPande (painter)
(ii) RamkinkerVaij (sculptor)
(iii) AnupamSud (graphic-artist)
6. Mention the names of any five painters of the Rajasthani and Pahari Schools of Miniature Painting included in your course of study.
7. Mention the titles of any five miniature paintings of the Mughal and Deccan Schools included in your course of study.
8. What is symbolized by each of the following used in the Indian National Flag?
(1) Indian Saffron Colour
(2) White Colour
(3) Indian Green Colour
(4) Ashoka-Wheel
(5) 24 Spokes in the Ashokan-Wheel
Sample Marking Scheme :
1. This is an application skill and long answer type question. A candidate is expected to select any of the following 6 contemporary (modern) Indian Sculptures included in the course of study to which he/she may like or dislike most 5 marks
(1) Triumph of Labour (done by D.P. Roychoydhary)
(2) Santhal Family (done by Ram Kinkar Vaij)
(3) Cries Un-heard (done by Amarnath Sehgal)
(4) Ganesha (done by P.V. Janakiram)
(5) Chatturmukhi (done by Aekka Yada Giri Rao)
(6) Vanshri (done by Mrinalini Mukherjee)
A candidate is expected to give his/her appropriate reasons in details duly based on the aesthetic parameters-viz. the Fundamental of Visual Arts (Elements and Principles).
Division of Marks :
(With regard to his/her liking or disliking a particular sculpture)
(i) The Elements 2½ marks
(ii) The Principles 2½ marks
2. This is a knowledge based and essay type question. A candidate is expected to describe the origin and development of the Rajasthani or Pahari school of Miniature Painting. 5 marks
(a) The Rajasthani School : Though we may trace the existence of this style in the illustrations of some Jain’s literary works of even 13th century AD, however we find its more distinctive form first of all in ‘Chaur Panchashika’ painted in 1540 A.D. at Pratapgarh (Mewar region).
It was originated like to synthesis of indigenous (local) art form with the elements of the Western Indian (neighbouring Gujarat) manuscripts-illustrations.
This was a natural outcome of a long sequence of Indian Art Tradition inspired from Ajanta, Gupta and Gujrati Kalpsutra, in which Mughal flavour was also added but at much later stage.
Development :
The school was not only developed and enriched only at one or two places, but at various citycapitals, temples and even at feudal thikanas of whole of the Rajasthan from 16th to 19th centuries.