Study Guide · Chapter 5
Exam Traps — Frequently Confused Facts
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- Ajanta vs Ellora: Ajanta is exclusively Buddhist and famous for paintings; Ellora contains Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain rock-cut structures and is more famous for sculpture/architecture (Kailasa Temple) than painting.
- Madhubani vs Warli: Madhubani (Bihar/Mithila) uses bold colours and intricate line work; Warli (Maharashtra) is distinctively monochrome/white geometric figuration on a mud-red background — a very commonly tested visual-identification distinction.
- Bengal School vs Progressive Artists' Group: Bengal School (Abanindranath Tagore, early 20th century) was revivalist/nationalist; the Progressive Artists' Group (1947, Husain, Raza, Souza) was modernist and internationalist — a frequently tested chronological/ideological contrast.
- Raja Ravi Varma predates both the Bengal School and PAG and is sometimes wrongly clubbed with the Bengal School — he in fact represents the academic-realist style the Bengal School reacted against.
- Bani Thani — attributed to Nihal Chand of the Kishangarh school, sometimes wrongly attributed to Kangra.
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