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Name of the Board : CBSE Academic
Class : XII STD
Subject : Painting & Commercial Art Theory
Year : 2016

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CBSE Academic Commercial Art Theory Question Paper

Time allowed : 02 hours
Maximum Marks: 40

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General Instructions:
(i) All the eight questions are compulsory, which carry equal marks.

Painting Theory

1. Write an essay on the evolution of the Indian National Flag and the symbolic significance of its forms and colours. 5

2. Appreciate any contemporary (modern) Indian painting included in your course of study, based on the following points 5
a. Title and name of the painter
b. Medium and technique
c. Subject matter
d. Composition

3. How did the Rajasthani/ Pahari School of Miniature Painting come into existence? 5
4. Do you receive any spiritual message from the famous Mughal miniature painting Kabir and Raidas or famous Deccan miniature-painting ‘Hazrat Nizamiddin Auliya and Amir Khusro’, Explain in short. 5
5. Identify and explain any relevant painting based on the following feature of the Bengal School
a. The use of ‘Wash and Tempera Technique’, which became the hall-mark of the Bengal school of Painting.

6. Mention the name of the artist of each of the following art works of the contemporary (modern) Indian Art included in your course of study. 5
1) Man, Woman and Tree (a graphic print)
2) Devi (a graphic print)
3) Ganesha (a sculpture)
4) Chatturmukhi (a sculpture)
5) Mother Teressa (a painting)

7. Mention the names of any five sub-schools of the Rajasthani and Pahari Schools of Miniature Painting, included in your course of study. 5
8. (a) Under whose Mughal emperor’s period (patronage) were the following miniature paintings produced? 5
1) Babur Crossing the River Sone
2) Jahangir Holding the Picture of Madona
3) Kabir and Raidas
(b) Mention the name of the Sub-School of each of the following Deccan miniature paintings:
1) Chand Bibi Playing Polo (chaugan)
2) Dancers

Commercial Art Theory :
1. Describe the main features of the Bengal School of Painting. 5
2. Write an essay on the origin and development of the Rajasthani or Pahari School of Miniature Painting. 5
3. How did the Mughal or Deccan School of Miniature Painting come into existence? 5

4. Which human life values are shown in any of the following art-works of the Contemporary (Modern) Indian Art? Explain in short 5
(a) Mother Teresa (a painting)
(b) Of Walls (a graphics print)
(c) Triumph of Labour (a sculpture)

5. Identify and explain any relevant painting based on the following feature 5
a. The use of ‘Wash and Tempera Technique’ which became the Hall mark of the Bengal School of Painting.

6. Mention the name of painter of each of the following miniature paintings of the Rajasthani and Pahari Schools included in your course of study 5
(1) Maru-Ragini (Rajasthani School)
(2) Chaugan Players (Rajasthani School)
(3) Bharat Meets Rama at Chitrakuta (Rajasthani School)
(4) Krishna With Gopis (Pahari School)
(5) Cosmic Dance of Shiva (Pahari School)

7. Mention the titles of any five paintings of the Mughal and Deccan Schools of Miniature Painting included in your course of study. 5
8. Mention the titles of any three sculptures and two graphics-prints of the Contemporary (Modern) Indian Art included in your course of study. 5

Heritage Crafts

Section – A : 40 marks
Answer the following : (1×5 = 5 marks)
Q.1 Name any two of the Museums in the country where traditional crafts have been show cased.
Q.2 Name any two crafts which suffered during the decline of Mughal Empire.
Q.3 Name any two traditional raw material banned for making crafts products in India?
Q.4 In which period the Dagh-Shawls were made in Kashmir?
Q.5 Which of the Indian ports played significant role in trading India crafts material through sea route?

Answer the following in not more than 80-100 words each : (3×4 = 12 marks)
Q.6 Explain the idea of Gandhiji’s dream of a self-sufficient village.
Q.7 In traditional crafts, the crafts person/ autism is also a designer. Please explain.
Q.8 Design a strategy for exposing trade of crafts of banned materials.

Q.9 From the collection of raw materials to marketing the products of crafts, under what processes the crafts person’s undergo?
OR
What are the steps of market survey of crafts products you will take? Answer the following in not more than 100-120 words each. (5×3 = 15 marks)

Q.10 Please analyze the advantages and disadvantages of urban market places for selling crafts products.