Question
William Dalrymple’s book Forgotten Masters examines paintings in this style, some of which were collected in the Impey Album. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this style of Indian painting often used for souvenirs. Paintings in this style used European shading and perspective to depict birds and plants or court scenes on a stark white background.
ANSWER: Company school [or Company painting; or Company style; or kampani kalam]
[10e] European influence on Mughal painting is also shown by the inclusion of these flying figures in Mughal miniatures. Raphael’s Sistine Madonna features two of these winged children looking upwards.
ANSWER: putti [or putto; accept cupids or cherubs or cherubim; prompt on angels]
[10m] Rajput and Mughal painters primarily worked in this medium, which colored the paper for Henri Matisse’s cut-outs. This opaque watercolor technique uses pigments like Chinese white.
ANSWER: gouache (“gwash”) [accept papiers gouachés]
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