CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - The changing world of visual arts
1.
Fill in the blanks: Local painters producing a vast number of images of ____________ and animals, historical buildings and monuments, festivals and processions, trades and crafts, castes and communities.
2.
State True or False: From the 17th century, a stream of European artists came to India along with the British traders and rulers.
A)
true
B)
false
3.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ could no longer support painters and pay them to paint for the court.
4.
What did the subjects painted by European artist represents?
5.
State True or False: From the eighteenth century a stream of European artists began producing pictures which became widely popular in Europe and helped shape Western perceptions of India.
A)
true
B)
false
6.
Fill in the blanks: Many of the late-nineteenth-century artist made fun of the westernised ____________, criticised the corrupt priests, and warned against women moving out of their homes.
7.
How did European artist promote the art of photography?
8.
Who was the principal founder of the first Japanese art academy?
9.
State True or False: Tipu Sultan of Mysore, was finally defeated in 1599 at the famous battle of Seringapatam.
A)
true
B)
false
10.
Fill in the blanks: During the 19th century in cities, Colonial offices were coming up, new ____________ and roads were being built, markets were being established.
11.
Fill in the blanks: Calcutta Art Studio produced lifelike images of eminent ____________ personalities as well as mythological pictures.
12.
Fill in the blanks: Mural means a ____________ painting.
13.
State True or False: Initially in late-nineteenth-century, the images were engraved in wooden blocks.
A)
true
B)
false
14.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ painting enabled artists to produce images that looked real.
15.
State True or False: Local artist use light and shade to make the figures look life like and real.
A)
true
B)
false
16.
Fill in the blanks: Traditionally, the figures in scroll paintings looked flat, not ____________.
17.
Fill in the blanks: It shows ____________ being welcomed by Mir Jafar and his troops after the Battle of Plassey.
18.
State True or False: The pointed arches in the buildings and the elongated structures are typical of a style known as Gothic
A)
true
B)
false
19.
State True or False: The Ideals of the East book is famous for its opening lines: Africa is one.
A)
true
B)
false
20.
State True or False: European artists travelled around the country searching for ruined buildings and picturesque landscapes, very much like some of the painters we have discussed
A)
true
B)
false
CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - The changing world of visual arts
Answers
1.
Local plants
2.
Option B
3.
Local courts
4.
The subjects European artists painted were varied, but invariably they seemed to emphasise the superiority of Britain, its culture, its people, its power.
5.
Option A
6.
Baboo
7.
By the mid-nineteenth century photographers from Europe began travelling to India, taking pictures, setting up studios, and establishing photographic societies to promote the art of photography.
8.
Okakura was the principal founder of the first Japanese art academy.
9.
Option B
10.
Buildings
11.
Bengali
12.
Wall
13.
Option A
14.
Oil
15.
Option A
16.
Rounded
17.
Lord Clive
18.
Option B
19.
Option B
20.
Option A
